Orgs to Newsweek: Stop F-ing Up

Some organizations, such as public television stations, give out subscriptions to Newsweek as gifts for donors. Those companies are grateful — after all, according to the New York Times, those gifts have helped raise millions — but they’re also starting to get mad at Newsweek. The problem? Too many filthy words.

Apparently some of these stations are complaining that Newsweek uses profanity too often, and they might move on if things don’t change:

Bill Sanford, chief executive of Lakeland Public Television in Bemidji, Minn.,

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