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The Future of Journalism Means Having to Quote Absurdly Named Redditors

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David Wagner 3,440 Views Oct 11, 2012

In her post on Reddit's decision to ban Gawker in defense of child porn, Rebecca Greenfield quoted a Redditor with a graphic username. "What a world," says one of our commenters. Using a much more civilized handle, Rhett Chassereau writes:

I bet Rebecca Greenfield never thought, in her journalism career, that she'd be quoting someone who goes by 'POTATO_IN_MY_ANUS'. What a world.

Tuba Terry adds, "Welcome to the world of tomorrow!"

Welcome to the brave new world of Journalism Potato.0, everybody.

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