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, a Mississippi-based website committed to delivering “news from a Christian perspective,” has a strict policy to replace certain words deemed offensive. So imagine the surprise when readers learned Sunday that Tyson Homosexual — not Tyson Gay — had run the world’s fastest 100-meter dash. The website ran the following altered Associated Press recap of Gay’s 9.68-second sprint: “Tyson Homosexual was a blur in blue, sprinting 100 meters faster than anyone ever has. . . . Homosexual qualified for his first Summer Games team and served notice he’s certainly someone to watch in Beijing.” Fred Jackson, news director of OneNewsNow, said the site has been fixed. L.A. Times
