Censor or don't censor? Networks grapple with Trump's reported use of profanity at WH meeting

The New York Times

Following in the lead of The Washington Post, which broke the “sh*thole” story and put it in their lead headlines uncensored, various media outlets published Trump’s reported remark without censorship. MSNBC used the profanity, while Fox News censored it. CNN varied between allowing "sh*thole" and censoring it. Lester Holt used it, warning at the top of NBC Nightly News that “this may not be appropriate for some of our younger viewers,” while his ABC World News Tonight counterpart David Muir described President Trump “using a profanity we won’t repeat.” UPDATE: Trump denies saying "sh*thole."

ALSO:

• Stephen Colbert’s “sh*tholes” were bleeped by CBS
• Jimmy Kimmel showed a montage of Wolf Blitzer saying “s-hole” instead of "sh*thole"
• The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah said “sh*thole" uncensored," but Comedy Central’s website opted to use asterisks
• Don Lemon tells his CNN viewers: "The president of the United States is racist”
• Anderson Cooper fought back tears as he defended Haiti against Trump’s “sh*thole” remark
• BBC Radio 4 allowed use of “sh*thole” — “a word I never thought I would utter on the BBC,” tweeted BBC’s Nick Bryant