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Just as an FYI (I am not arguing with you), I was in a relationship with a photojournalist for thirteen years. She regularly used the expression "blowjob" to de
by raganwald 16y ago
Just as an FYI (I am not arguing with you), I was in a relationship with a photojournalist for thirteen years. She regularly used the expression "blowjob" to describe the various ways in which advertisers and media climb into bed with each other.
My understanding is that this is the industry jargon covering things like an obscure radio reporter being invited on an all-expenses-paid trip to L.A. to screen an upcoming movie, or a magazine doing a story about a company in the exact issue where the same company buys a two-page advertising spread.
I'm not saying you are wrong to be offended, just pointing out that this seems to be the way "professionals" talk within the media industry.
- zecho 16y agoBig difference between the sausage making and the sausage. As a journalist who's spent several years in all kinds of newsrooms, I can assure you that "blowjob" is one of the more kid-friendly words you'll hear in a newsroom. But, that's just blowing off steam in a grinding job with long hours, little pay and a lot of cynicism. Professionals don't normally take what they say in private to print. I'd argue that they're professionals precisely because they don't drop "blowjobs" in print lightly.
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- forensic 16y agoI think her language is inline with the style of her product. In her case it is professional. She's not working for the NYT and her audience doesn't include gramma.