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Cursing in the Newsroom

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MusicFan2009

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So I'm curious and maybe this is a little off topic but I've always wondered how much swearing goes on in a newsroom. We know that Sarah Acevedo was fired from FOX 10 as was a behind the scenes guy at KPHO. Anyone have any inside info on the amount of swearing in newsrooms. Experiences you can share with us? How many f-bombs are dropped when things go wrong or don't work at all?
 
I have not worked in television, but when I was in radio, I held sacrosanct the concept that any mic was an open mic and conducted myself accordingly. Obscenities have no place in a newsroom, control/production room or in any studio, in my opinion. And again, that is just my personal opinion and my isolated experience.

Of course, if you are a print journalist, fire away! ;D
 
I don't work in the radio or television business at all. Cursing in the workplace is never acceptable behavior, regardless of the business.
 
I've worked in several newsrooms and the language can get, uh... salty at times.

Remember that newsrooms can be extremely active places full of stress. You have assignment editors on the phone or radio with reporters, live truck drivers, shooters, etc., and if it's one minute to air time and nothing's going right, you will probably here a few bombs of some sort (not on the air, obviously).

In the TV booth, a director is often stressed out. If there's a big snafu, the director may let something fly. It's an internal mic, so it's not a huge problem.

That said, my experience in the newsroom was that most people behaved professionally, and didn't throw curses around as a general practice. In fact, if a particular person had a foul mouth just for the sake of being crude, it would not be tolerated for very long.
 
When I was in TV the director would use the F bomb for every other story and even toward the producer.
 
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