# CNN blurred out “Twitter for iPhone.” Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 23, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978 "2022-02-23T01:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/1 "2022-02-23T01:01:10Z")
I’m watching CNN and they just showed an entire tweet from a US Congressperson. I don’t remember which one. Neither the author nor the contents are relative to my question. The only thing that was obscured (poorly) was “Twitter for iPhone.” What’s the purpose of this? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/2 "2022-02-23T01:08:41Z")
Rules against advertising, probably. Any number of European countries prohibit such, and CNN has a vested interest in people using their video for reporting. So blur everything that might be construed as advertising. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/3 "2022-02-23T01:59:09Z")
I assume it’s something like that but it really doesn’t seem like an ad for the app, Twitter, or iPhones. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/4 "2022-02-23T02:01:42Z")
When the band that sings Lola (I think it was The Kinks) got a call from the BBC about the song needing to be changed, they assumed it was the hint that Lola was trans. It wasn’t. The BBC had a no ads policy and insisted the line 'champagne that tastes just like a Coca cola" be changed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/5 "2022-02-23T02:05:58Z")
Any name brand on camera can trigger the ban, advertising or not. Or, as mentioned above, in music. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/6 "2022-02-23T02:14:57Z")
I guess so. I’m surprised they don’t blur the myriad of books that are clearly displayed in just about every interview that they do. ---
**Author:** ![jjakucyk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3d9bf3/32.png) [@jjakucyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjakucyk)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/7 "2022-02-23T21:37:40Z")
The viewer knowing the quote was a screenshot from the Twitter app on an iPhone may not be a problem, but the tag “Twitter for iPhone” itself could certainly be construed as an ad. If Twitter didn’t care about it then they wouldn’t have a reason to put that tag on there, right? But they want you to use their app, not the website or 3rd party apps, which can block their ads or curate your feed in ways they don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/8 "2022-02-24T00:34:45Z")
Yep, the Kinks. I believe Ray Davies had to fly back to the UK (he was in the US at the time) to re-record the line to “cherry cola” so it would get BBC airplay. The album version preserves “Coca Cola” and is what I usually hear here, but the single has “cherry cola.” I’ve met a number of people who were confused when they heard the other version for the first time (like me when I heard the “cherry cola” version.) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-blurred-out-twitter-for-iphone-why/959978/9 "2022-02-24T00:48:16Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yep, the Kinks. I believe Ray Davies had to fly back to the UK (he was in the US at the time) to re-record the line to “cherry cola” so it would get BBC airplay. Yeah, that’s exactly how it went. The band was on a US tour when the BBC demanded that change, and Ray Davies had to get on a round trip to London and back to the US just for re-recording a little two-syllable word, which was a major feat in 1970 and a big expense for the band. Imagine how easy it would be today to fix something like that remotely.