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The One Killherts Tone on Radio and Television

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The one killherts tone is universally understood to be covering up inappropriate words on radio and t v. The approach to censoring content on public air waves is constantly evolving. Right now, the bleap is often used to censor bad words, especially on t v. But there are other options like silence, just making seem like the swear never happened.

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