NYT Thinks "Gay" Is A Bad Word-Censors It With A "Beep"

[kpete]

Does the New York Times think ‘gay’ is a bad word?»
Towleroad notes that when a reader text messages someone a New York Times article with the word “gay” in the title, the New York Times web service censors the word “gay,” replacing it with a “beep”:



via:
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/05/times-gay-censor/

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Text message someone an article with the word "gay" in the title from the New York Times' mobile website, and they may be a bit confused as to what you're sending them.

That's because the service replaces every instance of "gay" in a headline with the word "beep".

My friend Al sent a message to me on New Years Eve containing a link to Frank Rich's recent column about Rick Warren, and it arrived with the headline "You're Likable Enough, 'beep' People."


more at:
http://www.towleroad.com/2009/01/new-york-times.html