TV Panel Approves F-Word

A common expletive does not constitute offensive language if used sparingly and in French, a national TV regulator has ruled. The Canada Broadcast Standards Council had earlier cited English-language expletives as a breach of a Code Of Ethics: “The word in French does not have the vulgar connotation it can have in English”.

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