A man who rescued a child on Monday from a locked overheating car parked at a New Jersey shopping mall by smashing a car window with a sledgehammer wore a Trump 2016 t-shirt for a live interview Wednesday on the Daily Share on CNN owned HLN.
A controversy developed when screen grabs claimed the Trump t-shirt had been blurred by HLN.
The rescuer, Steven Eckel, a retired New Jersey police officer wore a blue t-shirt with white lettered Trump for President 2016 over a red, white and blue flag motif during the interview. The original airing showed Eckel, speaking via Skype, throughout the interview wearing the Trump 2016 shirt.
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Subsequent showings of the interview not only blurred the Trump t-shirt, video of Eckel himself during the interview was edited out of the video so that after he was introduced with his t-shirt censored only his disembodied voice was heard.
The Washington Examiner’s T. Becket Adams at first tried to dispute the charge that HLN censored the Trump t-shirt. A while later a chagrined Adams posted video that proved himself wrong.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771129166670495744
“I don’t get it. Like, what even is the point of making up something like this? Giggles?”
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https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771138951788765184
“Anyway, it’s a losing war fighting propagandists online. But FWIW, that Trump supporter on HLN wasn’t censored:”
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771139412596056068
“There are so many legit criticisms of the press. Just take your pick. Why make up stuff?”
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771143865235537920
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“Well this is deeply embarrassing. Sorry guys, I was wrong. HLN did in fact air a censored version of that interview.”
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771144087512702977
“This first version of the interview showed his pro-Trump shirt. Subsequent airings of his comments were censored.”
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771144273962078209
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“Apologies for getting it wrong. Screwed this one up. This is a legit screenshot.”
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/771144330862006275
“Going to logout before I make a greater ass of myself.”
Original HLN interview:
Censored HLN airing:
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