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February 15, 2010

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Take a look, folks, at how Politico’s effort to avoid offending our delicate sensibilities by blanking out most of a family unfriendly word this afternoon was instantly negated by Politico’s decision to rebroadcast their reporters’ Twitter feeds alongside article copy.

(Yeah, yeah, you’ll need to click for the full sized image…)

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Clint Hendler is the managing editor of Mother Jones, and a former deputy editor of CJR.