Shitstorm

An anecdote from Romenesko's letters:

Editor & Publisher reports incorrectly that the word "shit" has never appeared in the New York Times. It appeared on July 10, 1973, in the text the paper published of the Watergate tape in which Richard Nixon said, ""I don't give a shit what happens. I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead the Fifth Amendment, cover-up or anything else." (It also appeared on July 23, 1973, in the "Doar Summary to the Appeachment Inquiry.")

However, the word did not appear in the accompanying news stories. When Newsweek called managing editor A.M. Rosenthal to ask if the appearance of the expletive represented a new policy, Rosenthal replied, "No: we'll only take shit from the President." To Rosenthal's great disappointment, Newsweek never printed his comment.