They had this lady on the Bill Mahr show, who was on an NPR affiliate in LA and she was fired for using the F word on the radio.

The thing that go to me...it was a pre approved, pre written, pre recorded broadcast!

The sound engineer did not bleep the F word like he was supposed to and she was held liable for it.

Aren't there cnesors and editors for those things?

Furthermore, should someone be fired for using the F word on the air?

I would say generally speaking a non "adult content" advised program needs to have the ability to use better language than the "F" word to make a statement.

It's not so much the word itself as we all hear it. It's like one of those farting things in society, burping, whatever, only this is a word. I remember hearing a six year old once use it every other word...kinda made it seem so "immature".

If the show was pre-recorded and not editted, then obviously it would have been considered intentional. I think the "F" word is still on the FCC list?

Personally, I'd love to hear a politician on the evening news call the other guy what everyone else does:D

Well, to give it context, I don't have an article handy, but she was talking about some show or something, (concert) and it was in context of the artist.

It wasn't jus t'****ing a' or something like that.

But again, if it was pre recorded, is it her fault?

Well....you know what they say about ignorance of the law...but if there was some kind of agreement between her and the engineer and he didn't fulfill his duty, then I think she should have just been given a "reminder" or something. I can't imagine anyone actually getting fired from NPR.