The Washington Redskins travel to Seattle to face the Seahawks this weekend, but because of its policy with regard to Native American nicknames, the Seattle Times is severely limiting how its reporters identify, uh, Washington (the U.S. capitol city’s team, that is). The Washington Post noted (scroll down):
CHEAP SHOTS: To avoid insulting native American heritage, the Seattle Times decided to limit severely the use of the term Redskins in the paper — even if a team with that name will dominate news coverage this week. The Times will not use the moniker in headlines or captions. Reporters can use it only once, as a first reference, in all stories. The Redskins will be referred to almost exclusively as Washington — which could get a little confusing for local readers who also live in that state.
Hat tip: Geoffrey Dickens at Newsbusters.
