I swear in articles so cannot be a journalist, right? Ffing well wrong.

I note that some people have started objecting to my language here. Fuck you. You are not paying to read me and no-one is forcing you to. But using naughty words does not stop this being journalism. And I note the objections only started recently…

Journalism evolves. In the seventies on the established press it was a male dominated club. Women were for shagging, expenses were for fiddling but rules on grammar were incredibly tight.  Today, the sexism has gone, rules on expenses are rather tighter but on grammar rather less tight.

I have been a journalist on magazines, newspapers, TV and websites for 22 years. By journalist I mean someone who is paid to write. That is rather different from someone who posts on a blog or a chatroom his or her thoughts, but is not paid.

Until about two years ago

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