News Networks Should Stop Bleeping The Shit Out of Trump’s Speeches

Whether because of their own broadcast standards, fear of FCC fines or concern about viewer sensibilities, the news networks not only have sanitized Trump’s constitutionally protected political speech but deprived voters of useful information about the foul-mouthed billionaire who would be president.

They have bleeped words like “shit” and “pussy” and covered his mouth with pixels when he mouthed the word “fuck.” Leading newspapers have sanitized his profanities, too, opting for the time-honored asterisk to replace some of the offending letters. But unlike over-the-air news broadcasters, newspapers are not compelled to do so by a governmental agency.