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Re:My Free Speech Means You Have to Shut Up by PaulDavisThe1st on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:03AM (#38359522)
> It started at an Oct. 2 NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Brandon Brown, a 28-year-old driver, had won his first Xfinity Series and was being interviewed by an NBC Sports reporter. The crowd behind him was chanting something at first difficult to make out. The reporter suggested they were chanting “Let’s go, Brandon” to cheer the driver. But it became increasingly clear they were saying: “F—- Joe Biden.”

https://apnews.com/article/lets-go-brandon-what-does-it-mean...

So, no, the crowd was not "censored" by a news anchor.

The adoption of "Let's Go Brandon" as a euphimism for "Fuck Joe Biden" may well have been tongue in cheek, but it wasn't mocking media censorship.

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Re:My Free Speech Means You Have to Shut Up by djbusby on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @12:10AM (#38359573)
Its like the Danny-Wah event in that show Veep.
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Re:My Free Speech Means You Have to Shut Up by zmgsabst on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @09:32AM (#38364111)
> The reporter suggested they were chanting “Let’s go, Brandon” to cheer the driver. But it became increasingly clear they were saying: “F—- Joe Biden.”

They were mocking the news anchor censoring the truth by lying about what the crowd could clearly be heard saying.

Just like I said.

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