Bob Herbert wrote on Tuesday

At some point, we have to decide as a country that we just can’t have this: We can’t allow ourselves to remain silent as foaming-at-the-mouth protesters scream the vilest of epithets at members of Congress — epithets that The Times will not allow me to repeat here.

There is NO video to substantiate the claims made by black members of Congress that anyone called them the N word. Without verification, it sounds a lot like race baiting to me. (Remember the male media reporter who said Palin supporters yelled "kill him" but the secret service said no such thing took place?) Race baiting sucks.
We know that Mr. Obama used race baiting to gain traction over Hillary. The media did as well. Many times.

What strikes me here is that Herbert is foaming at the mouth mad. The New York Times won't let him print the n word. We have it in print. So why do they allow the B word (even encourage its gratuitous use!) but prohibit the N word.

I have not heard a peep out of Herbert angry at foaming at the mouth TV and Newspaper executives who encourage societal use of the B word!

Herbert rails:

It is 2010, which means it is way past time for decent Americans to rise up against this kind of garbage, to fight it aggressively wherever it appears. And it is time for every American of good will to hold the Republican Party accountable for its role in tolerating, shielding and encouraging foul, mean-spirited and bigoted behavior in its ranks and among its strongest supporters.

For decades the G.O.P. has been the party of fear, ignorance and divisiveness.

I did not once hear Herbert complain about his paper's policy of calling white women "white Bitches." This angry black man is not pissed off when liberals called Sarah Palin a slut or when Barack called Hillary the B word. Herbert didn't write about a foaming at the mouth David Letterman calling Gov. Palin the S word.
Herbert you suck.

Heading over here from Uppity's place. Sadly, I didn't know you were here until today.

I was watching "Criminal Minds" the other night and thought something had gone "bad" with the audio on my teevee !! I had experienced other "glitches" with cable lately. Thank you for pointing out this bleeping for what it was. I now plan on contacting A&E and saying thank you to them, too.

Totally awesome!

Hi folks, I just got this number: 212-210-1400

Also, if you send a message via the "contact us" link i gave above use
"Corporate/Programing" from the drop down menu.

I sent them a message that says: Thank you for your decision to NOT say the B word on your channel. This is a great sign of respect for women, and as I have young children who will soon be of age to view prime time TV, I most definitely direct them to TV stations that do not call women the B, W, S words. I find these terms as offensive as the N word. A&E TV has show great respect for all women of all ages with your decision to bleep out the B word. I hope that you will make this a public feature of A&E TV. Women everywhere will feel much better about having their children sit and watch TV with them when they or their female children are not belittled by misogynistic language.

Feel free to copy and paste this message!
Or, better yet, write from you heart! Let A&E know how it feels to be respected.

That's great! I sent them a message thanking them. It is really nice to hear about this success. It means a lot.

It makes me wonder about the behind-the-scenes when they were deciding what words to bleep. Did everyone agree readily that "bitch" would be a bleep or was this a big conversation?

At any rate, good news!

great news
I will send kudos right away to A&E

Rock that!!!!