The Reader Center is a newsroom initiative that is helping The Times build deeper ties with our audience. PhotoScores of our readers expressed surprise when they saw that we published the vulgar comments that the new White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, gave during an interview with The New Yorker, which was reported on its website on Thursday. While many applauded the decision, some were outraged and others were simply confused about our policy. “Seeing such words in print doesn’t harm anyone and eliminating them protects no one,” emailed Nina Koenigsberg of New York. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAnother reader, Matthew A. Samilow, took a different stance: “I certainly understand that the Times wants to publish relevant news pieces and censoring the remarks may strike some as being unnecessarily prude.

Source: New York Times July 28, 2017 20:26 UTC