WaPo's Editing 'Shitshow'
Some reporters at WaPo and Express were dismayed to see the word “shitshow” in a story published Monday night.
The story, by Alexia Tsotsis of TechCrunch.com, contained what is usually a forbidden word in a Washington Post story. Typical editorial guidelines say expletives are not allowed either in print online. This one apparently slipped through.
Express‘s Local News Editor Clinton Yates remarked on Twitter, “Here’s a word I wasn’t expecting to read on this site.” To which WaPo‘s J.
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