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22 Aug 2005

Is iTunes dicking with podcast descriptions?

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Category: Blogging; Everything Else; Technology

Okay, I can understand bowdlerizing words like f**k and sh-t and j@k$%m*ckled… but as the son of a Dick (as in “short for Richard”), I’m a little narked at what seems to be going on in this screenshot of the iTunes podcast directory:

The name of the San Francisco Chronicle's ombudsman, Dick Rogers, appears as 'D**k Rogers'

I’m not sure if this silliness is happening at Apple’s end, but the Chronicle’s RSS feed happily uses the D-word without any apparent fear of causing offence.

  • http://www.rabble.ca/columnists Scott Piatkowski

    During the unlamented Mulroney years, the chin seated Paul Dick and Gerry Weiner side by side. As the clerk called out the names for roll call votes, I was always pretty sure that the whole chamber was stiffling a laugh (“… Mr. Weiner… Mr. Dick…”).

    I wonder if the software in question would filter Hansard.

  • http://www.robcottingham.ca/roblog Rob

    Hmm. Maybe Peter Newman’s book will shed a little more light on Mulroo’s motivations…

  • http://www.rabble.ca/columnists Scott Piatkowski

    Some honourable members: Oh oh.

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