The message on the man’s t-shirt must have been something obscene in order for a cable network to pixellate it when the wearer came on-screen for an interview. And to some people the message is obscene.
First, the heroic back story from New York’s Daily News on Wednesday:
Two people teamed up to rescue a baby from a hot car at a New Jersey shopping center on Monday — with the help of a sledgehammer.
Steve Eckel, 53, and 30-year-old Sara Mazzone saw the 4-month-old girl struggling inside a locked vehicle, with temperatures in the high 80s.
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Eckel, a retired sergeant with the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office, had recently arrived at the Howell shopping center to purchase some new shirts at Kohl’s. He needed the shirts for a new job as a security officer in the school system.
Now back to your headline piece. Eckel was asked to sit for a interview by HLN. He agreed, and for the occasion, donned a t-shirt reading “2016 Trump for President.” And the network dutifully blurred out the sentiment.
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
David Rutz of The Washington Free Beacon writes that a s spokeswoman for the network explained that the censorship was a mistake.
It always is.
