Why all the profanity on Current TV?

[Syrinx]

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I cuss all the time. Online, and in real life. So I really don't have a moral objection to it.

But the "goddamns" on Countdown and The Young Turks seem like a lame, gratuitous reach for "street-cred." And I'm thinking it's only going to turn off more people than it's going to impress.

Keith and Cenk seem to think saying "goddamn" somehow adds emphasis to their comments. I'd say a little goes a long way, but they've taken to speaking like that nearly every night. It's starting to sound very sophomoric and unprofessional.

I enjoyed it when Olbermann told the truth and called Ann Coulter an "asshole." But it seemed hypocritical when another person was bleeped on the same show when saying someone was "full of shit."

"Asshole" is okay, but "shit" is over the line?

I hope and trust that Jennifer Granholm will be able to express suitable outrage without resorting to gratuitous profanities. I think she's more mature than that.

[Tx4obama]

1. When is Jennifer Granholm's start date? n/t

[Syrinx]

2. Not sure, but I think it's next week, or maybe the one after that.

[Tx4obama]

3. Thanks. n/t

[boston bean]

4. Why the fuck not?

[Syrinx]

5. yeah, I know

But still.

[bigdarryl]

6. Because there differ and Current TV ROCKS!!!

[RoccoR5955]

7. Give 'em a break

They're in NYC. We New Yorkers are stated as using profanity too much. AFAIC, they are far below the par of a normal New Yorker. It's cable, not broadcast, so they do not have to adhere to the same regulations.

[Puzzledtraveller]

8. It's opium for the masses.

[JTFrog]

9. Cenk has always struck me as crude.

Can't stand him.

Keith on the other hand has always shown a bit of refinement. That's a shame.

[seabeyond]

21. that he is. and a hypocrite with that. but.... i do enjoy him when he talks politics

not so much social issues. he is a moran. lol

[agentS]

10. I can't wait till Olbermann drops a cluster F bomb

on Murdoch or the Koch brothers.

[KharmaTrain]

11. Technically They Can Say Anything They Want...

Cable is exempt from any regulations about language. Most basic channels self regulate but there's nothing that prohibits Keith or Cenk or a guest from blurting out an expletive. Cable is considered "closed-circuit"...you're paying for it to come into your house as opposed to free over-the-air television that continues to have those 7 dirty words regulated.

I really don't pay much attention to the language over the content. Keith does add the dramatic a lot more than he did at MSNBC and this long-time viewer can find it annoying at times. But as far as being offended...I find the more spontaneous the emotion the better in a medium that is normally very vanilla and plastic.

[ejpoeta]

13. i always find it interesting when they will bleep out god

like god damn or something but then let bitch go through with no bleeping. and that's in general.

[HopeHoops]

12. Because they can.

[Marrah_G]

14. I love Current TV

[EC]

15. Maybe they are testing their limits

with Gore.


And their swearing hasn't been gratuitous that I've heard, they were used very aptly. They seem to swear about the same as I do in regular conversation with friends.

[lunatica]

16. I love to cuss, but

I don't cuss at work unless I know who I'm with. I don't cuss when I'm in public places like restaurants and I don't cuss when I stand in line to buy something or talk to a bank teller and I don't cuss when I'm taking BART.

I think there's a difference between hanging out and using cuss words to express myself and being a professional. There's a time and place for all manner of behavior.

[frazzled]

17. I wouldn't know

I gave up watching Keith Olbermann three or more years ago when he was still on MSNBC, because his "style" really irritated me, even when he couldn't openly curse. He always had the air of a know-it-all bully: even when I agreed with the content of what he was saying, this macho, belligerent attitude really put me off.

I curse like a sailor in my own home, when I stub my toe or hear something on the TV I dislike (actually, I've stopped doing that because I've eliminated watching anything that gets me riled up: I simply stopped watching nonsense-news and have confined myself totally to PBS NewsHour or one of the foreign news broadcasts we get, like France 24). But there's something really obnoxious and childish about hearing supposed "commentators" throw around four-letter words. I'm fine with Jon Stewart's naughty language, because it's in the context of comedy, and I am fine with movies that get all the way to X ratings. What I don't like are "gross-out" movies like Superbad because of their juvenile, supercilious cursing and vomiting. Keith Olbermann is a little juvenile in that way, and it's simply not my cup of tea.

I'm afraid Olbermann is going to reduce his audience mostly to male viewers who enjoy having their anger stoked.

[Codeine]

18. . . .

[backscatter712]

19. Fuckin' A! n/t

[seabeyond]

20. see, i agree. i fuckin cuss fuckin all the fuckin time. and it seems so unprofessional when i hear

news do it. or politicians

[CANDO]

22. I listened to TYT

when they started out on Sirius. I absolutely loved Cenk's rants! What you see on Current pales in comparison.

[Romulox]

23. Can't wait for Jenny to "Blow people away"! My guess? Michigan won't come up much,

on her show.

[Bluenorthwest]

24. One synonym for 'profane' is 'secular'.

So such language is not a problem for me. The language I don't care for is often wrapped up in religion, such as when the President claims 'sanctity' for the heterosexual community as reason for their special rights.

[Motown_Johnny]

25. I wonder if Granholm will address the crap Snyder is doing in Michigan

I kinda doubt it, but if not then the silence on these issues will speak volumes.

[Blacksheep214]

26. Fuckin' Ay Skippy!

And the always classic,"Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker"

The beeps bother me more than the language. Just say what you mean!