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Journeyman

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1. First thing I learned in journalism: Never put anything in type you don't want to see in print . . .

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Apr 4, 2021, 02:31 AM

Apr 2021

Make jokes, add irreverent commentary, bare your soul for all the newsroom to see -- but never put it down where it can be picked up and put on press.

Idiot. He'd deserve to lose his job if he just verbally aired those thoughts. There in cold-type, hot off the press, he's lost any further journalism aspirations he may have entertained.

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Full apology from journalist who wrote offensive Asbury Park Press caption [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2021 OP

First thing I learned in journalism: Never put anything in type you don't want to see in print . . . Journeyman Apr 2021 #1

In New Jersey, No Less SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #2

There are a lot of white supremacists in NYC and NJ, esp. on Staten Island. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #6

Yeah, I Forget That NJ Voted In Christie Repeatedly nt SoCalDavidS Apr 2021 #9

So I had to look up what the acronym stood for ... taken as a whole, the gist SOUNDS complimentary Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #3

I suggest looking up the term in the Urban Dictionary. TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #4

Ah. Okay. Google came up with a Vox article that said ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #5

The first time that I heard the term was on Saturday Night Live. TexasTowelie Apr 2021 #7

Gotcha. Making a mental note ... terrible slur to never use ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #8