Swear words on the front pages are not uncommon, especially in the United States, but they are not usual.
“BASTARDS,” screamed one American newspaper the day after 9/11. In a word the header captured the general response of incensed readers to the act that brought down the World Trade Center towers.
Now, the Rocky Mountain Collegian, a college newspaper in Colorado is testing the limits of free speech, or least the limits of free speech on campus, with a headline for an editorial, which reads ‘Fuck Bush”. But it sure has got everybody talking, which in a way can be argued on the issue is the key point of journalism.
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