A lot of journalists are swearing lately, including in high profile places like NYT and The Guardian, and especially on Twitter. I suspect it's because they realized (consciously or not) that it increases credibility.
Positive coverage in Vox: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/4/18168157/ra...
How was the the coverage of the right leaning news sites?
As for the rest, I find it refreshing that the NYT and Guardian are "bleeping" fewer quotes. I don't think the paper itself should start working blue, but if someone swears in an interview, you should print what they said.
EDIT: Oh, I hadn't read that particular article. It doesn't bother me much, but profanity is a crutch. I'm fine with it in day-to-day conversation and blog posts, but a professional writer using it in an opinion piece is lazy.
> Is there, I wonder, a more appropriate phrase than “fuck off”? I don’t want to swear unnecessarily but, historically, people have found the expression useful. It’s certainly earned its place in common usage. And I have to ask myself, if we don’t tell Theresa May to fuck off, what on earth are we saving it for?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/07/theres...
The New Yorkification of Twitter.
Well, as they say, that escalated quickly. Can you give an example of what you mean?
So how about a nytimes opinion on the matter?
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/opinion/covington-twitter...
If you've followed the news to any degree or any of the controversies in the past few years, you'd realize there is incredible bias and agenda. Whether it is jussie smollet, covington, trump, campus rape crisis, etc. And hate can be doled out if to the right enemy. You can mock climate science denial while rejecting biology and gender. I don't see any objectivity or fairness or decency in media organizations today - left or right. Just politics and agenda. But that's just me and maybe my bias is clouding my judgment. Though I'm not sure who or what I am biased towards...