Lee's Live Expletive

Lee Corso

Yesterday morning, during ESPN's College Gameday show, while joking around, reporter Lee Corso used a curse word. He used the f-word. 


You know, the one that ends in K. 


And of course, half an hour later, into the first quarter of the Michigan-Nebraska game, ESPN aired an apology from Corso saying, "Earlier today on College Gameday, while picking the SMU-Houston game, I got a bit excited and used an expletive that I shouldn't have used". 


Swear words have always been taboo in American society, but sometimes I think the public puts too much meaning on them. It's just a word. And I bet most, if not all, viewers that day had probably heard the f-word before. 


In fact, it seems that everytime a cuss word gets uttered on live TV, there is a huge uproar. Viewers complain and a video of the event turns viral on Youtube. But why do people care so much? I understand how parents do not want their children to be exposed to that kind of profanity, but if the parents actually ever took their children to a college football game, I can promise them, their children will hear the f-word many more times than once. Hopefully as parents, your instilling good enough judgement into your kids for them to know which words are and aren't acceptable. One cuss word they hear on ESPN College Gameday is not going to taint them as human beings. 


All in all, I just do not understand why live reporters especially always have to use perfect language. Can you imagine how hard it is to be perfect and make no mistakes while hundreds of thousands, sometimes millions, are watching. 


Now, I'm not condoning the use of cuss words on TV, and I'm not saying that it's okay for reporters to use them all the time. But once in a while, that's fine. I'm sure you wouldn't want so many strangers criticizing you when you make one mistake. So to everyone that's criticizing the **** out of Corso, please cool down. 


Yours Truly,
Chrisanthy S


A full article on Corso's f-bomb can be found HERE.