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Guidance: Today's Foul Language

In a tweet this morning, the president uses the word "bullshit" to characterize some of the "statements made in the 'Report' about me."

As with yesterday's guidance about an F-bomb, our position is that we're not going to say the word on the air. If we do refer to the line, we can say he called some of the statements "B.S.," but should make clear that he used the actual word.

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Mark Memmott is NPR's supervising senior editor for Standards & Practices. In that role, he's a resource for NPR's journalists – helping them raise the right questions as they do their work and uphold the organization's standards.