Fracking banned in Connecticut — the word, not the deed

Fracking banned in Connecticut — the word, not the deed | Grist

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Fracking banned in Connecticut — the word, not the deed

They’re not the first to call fracking dirty, but they may be the most vulgar by our count. Busted Tees A producer at the Hearst Connecticut Media Group, which owns The Stamford Advocate , delivered the bad news that the company has been “forced to block” the word from comments to deter wily readers who might “exploit” it as a euphemism for “its more vulgar cousin.” (Those nasty readers might be vintage Battlestar Galactica enthusiasts, as the show switched to the clearly more modern “frak” for the new series. No word on whether fans of the Hungarian animated series Frakk, a macskák réme may still express their less-than-vulgar feelings for that loveable orange dog who stumbled his way into all of our hearts in the late ’70s.) For its part, The Stamford Advocate reported on a pro-fracking demo in New York this week , with fracking in scare quotes (to preserve its purity, o...

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@DEBBYGIRL1 » 19 Oct '12, 12am
FrackingBanned NConnecticut [link] HEARST WORRIED ABT MISUSE OR WIPING OUT TRUTH N NEWS YET AGAIN? BET THEY HAV FRACKING OPS!
@lippylulumama » 19 Oct '12, 12am
RT @DEBBYGIRL1: Fracking banned WordNotDeed [link] HEARST blocks the word from comments N case it is misused&how much fracking do they own?
@DEBBYGIRL1 » 19 Oct '12, 12am
Fracking banned WordNotDeed [link] HEARST blocks the word from comments N case it is misused&how much fracking do they own?
@Ctchandler247 » 18 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @sickjew: Fracking banned in Connecticut — the word, not the deed [link] #spectra #occupythepipeline
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RT @ewgfracking: RT @LoveCanal2020: #thoughtPolice RT @grist: Hearst Media Group bans readers from using "frack" in comments on sites [link]
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RT @LoveCanal2020: #thoughtPolice RT @grist: Hearst Media Group bans readers from using "frack" in comments on sites [link]
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#thoughtPolice RT @grist: Hearst Media Group bans readers from using the word "frack" in comments on their sites [link]
@RevBug » 18 Oct '12, 1pm
And cue the right-wing outrage over censorship and abusing first amendment rights in 3,2,1. . . . . <crickets?> [link] #fb
@amytropolis » 18 Oct '12, 12pm
WHAT? RT @grist: Hearst Connecticut Media Group bans readers from using the word "frack" in comments on their sites [link]
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RT @grist: Hearst Connecticut Media Group has banned readers using the word "frack" in comments [link] < Fracking 1984!
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Hearst Connecticut Media Group has banned readers from using the word "frack" in comments on their sites [link]
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