Jane Fonda Uses the C-Word on the Today Show

Jane Fonda uses the c-word on the Today Show: News spreads fast, bad news spreads even faster, and apparently bad news on the internet spreads the fastest. At least that seems to be the case after Jane Fonda's appearance on the Today Show this morning.

Fonda appeared on the show this morning and while talking about the Vagina Monologues, let a less than pleasant four letter word that starts with the letter "C" and rhymes with runt slip.

Host of the show, Meredith Vieira apologized to her televised audience about the slip, but did she need to? Given the context was the "c" word appropriate?

Not really, at least as far as I'm concerned.

I can readily admit that I am far from the least conservative person you could meet, and I'm all for free speech and expression. To me 99% of the time being politically correct isn't correct at all.

Referring to the female genitalia with the use a four letter expletive is just as appropriate as referring to sexual intercourse with a similar word on national television. Although the program is generally aired for adults, and the topics of conversation are usually adult oriented, national television is not the place for words like the "c" word.

I applaud Vieira for her apology to her audience, as a broadcaster she does have a certain reputation for a level content and guest behaviors to live up to.

Although the word was inappropriate, I can also relate. Sometimes the wrong word does slip out. Sometimes more is said than we mean to.

I personally had a similar experience recently in which a friend said more than he should have, and I felt the need to apologize.

I went on a trip with recently. Four guys, in a small town, ice fishing and drinking beer for the weekend. Normally this friend, he's a gentleman. But, once you get a few drinks in him, and it becomes apparent that his mouth and his mind operate independently from one another.

With fishing being terribly slow that weekend (in fact we didn't get one single bite all weekend) we decided to head to the local Perkins, lest we die of malnutrition. A young girl was the hostess for the night and had the unfortunate experience of seating our group.