Romenesko

Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer Metro columnist Phillip Morris wanted to use the n-word from a line in "Pulp Fiction" -- "If I'm going to use that line as the crux of the point I'm trying to make, I've got to use the word," he says -- but editor Susan Goldberg and managing editor Debra Adams Simmons said no. "For many readers, it's never OK to use that word, given its history," says Simmons. "Particularly for people who are older, it takes them back to a place they don't want to think about." || More editor/ombud columns:
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