Is his answer sincere, though? His stated reason for not kneeling was his love for Jesus Christ (a far better reason), and NOT out of respect for the flag. I hope he didn't invoke Christ to shield him the criticism of openly stating respect for his country. To invoke Christ in that way is not a good thing.
They showed a shot of the world "fuck" scrawled on a statue base. WH should have blurred it out. Gave Ryan an excuse to cut the feed.
That was sloppy; they should've anticipated.
Actually the WH is at fault, failing to blurr out the word fuck spray painted on a wall. Clearly visible. May not be a big deal to us, but they still have to follow FCC rules, though they were probably looking for any reason to cut the feed.
WH should have known…