Cincinnati Enquirer Apologizes for Photo with F-Word

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Gannett-owned The Cincinnati Enquirer unintentionally publshed a photo that carried the F-word, Jim Romenesko blogged April 17.

According to Romenesko, the newspaper caught the profanity and “presses were stopped,” but some of issues did get distributed.

The newspaper’s editor Carolyn Washburn explained  that the photo with the F-word made it to “several thousand homes,” and she is looking into “why it was not caught sooner.”

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Cincinnati Enquirer Apologizes for Photo with F-Word

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