Newspapering doesn't take genius

[sigma7]

So who in their right minds thinks that "retard" (not a verb, but an adjective) belongs in a headline?

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[kitblonde.livejournal.com]

Oh. My. God.
What copy editor approved that?
Wait, what human being approved that?
The "r" word is one of the few words I cannot stand to hear (really, nothing offends me, ever), and to see it in print like that is...ugh.