On: Mike Arrington Introduces Us To the "First F*ucking Amendement"

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  Serious question, not rhetoric: Why do people write "f*ck" whe they mean "fuck"?

  They ran his original, "fuck"-containing quote in the story, and "F*ck" in the headline.

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It's considered bad form to have profanity in headlines. Of course, having a minced oath like f*ck in its place kinda defeats the point...

I'd rather not have sensationalized headlines, but oh well.

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Why is it considered bad form? Considered by whom?

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By style guides, like the one by AP.

[darklajid → sneak]

Clbuttic problem of different (and sometimes hard to understand/judge) case of NSFW regulations maybe?

It makes no sense to me either, though.

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And, of course, the submission title uses the entire word AND the asterisk, which is perhaps an attempt to poke fun? Or just a funny mistake.