A couple of guys from the Washington Post made a video, a portion of which was described as follows:
In the video, columnist Dana Milbank and White House correspondent and blogger Chris Cillizza appeared in smoking jackets to discuss the kinds of beer politicians might drink. Milbank said he couldn’t reveal to whom President Barack Obama would serve a drink called “Mad B—- Beer.” That line was followed by a brief picture of Clinton. [censorship of the word “Bitch” in original]
So they had to apologize.
Why?
The group Women, Action and the Media complained to the Post in a letter signed by 32 women. They called the video “sexist” and “tasteless.”
You can see the video (which I thought was at least marginally clever, well-produced, and less partisan than I expected, since they called out a few Democrats, as well as finishing by insulting themselves) and read the letter at the WAM site.
And while you’re the there, check out the list of sponsors in the left sidebar:
That’s right, the site offended by the word “bitch” is sponsored by “Bitch Magazine”.
UPDATE:
Although WaPo took the video off their site, they left it on their server. So I snagged it and put it on YouTube so that people can judge it for themselves:
UPDATE 2:
Basil points out in the comments, one of the signatories to the “How DARE you use the word bitch!” letter was:
“Andi Zeisler
Editorial Director
Bitch Media”
Un.
F’n.
Parodyable.