Update: I'm so glad I was wrong about this. The Reading Eagle has published the name of the Russian group Pussy Riot twice since Christmas.
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Is our local paper so prudish it won’t publish the proper name of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot?
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Is our local paper so prudish it won’t publish the proper name of the Russian punk collective Pussy Riot?
Is this the puritanical worldview shaping Berks County’s media monopoly?
A story in the Reading Eagle on Tuesday referred to Russian President Putin freeing “punk-band activists.”
The original AP wire story says “Pussy Riot activists.” Why the change?
A search for “pussy riot” turns up stories about the activists from USA Today, CNN, NPR, BBC, the New York Times … .
A search on the Eagle’s own search engine discovers no “pussy riot.”
Is it because some people use “pussy” as a vulgar word for vagina?
Does the Eagle refer to “a former vice president” instead of Dick Cheney?
“An actor known for ‘Mary Poppins’ “ instead of Dick Van Dyke?
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