History Main / DistancedFromCurrentEvents

** "UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} Jocks Safely Resume Bullying" was published in every market except UsefulNotes/{{Denver}}.

[[caption-width-right:350:This scene did not get edited out for [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror nothing]].]]

A prominent example for Americans was that, for several years, any show featuring the former twin towers of the World Trade Center in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity tended to be tweaked a bit. Some older shows and even movies had broadcasts digitally edited to remove it from the skyline. This sometimes happened [[PoliticallyCorrectHistory even when the show or movie was set before 2001.]][[note]] This can have UnfortunateImplications, in that it allows [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror the terrorists]] to destroy the World Trade Center ''[[{{Unperson}} retroactively]]''[[/note]]. Much of the awareness of the issue is due to the rather long shadow the World Trade Center attacks cast over the subsequent decade.

[[caption-width-right:350:This scene did not get edited out for [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror nothing]] and we mean '''''nothing'''''.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:There's [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror a reason]] why the scene got altered.]]

* WebVideo/{{Smosh}}: Part one of "A SMOSHY CHRISTMAS!" was pulled shortly after its release on December 14, 2012 due to the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting occurring that same day. In a video informing viewers about the video's removal, Ian and Anthony singled out the scene where Ian shoots a man dead with a shotgun and states that "that's what guns are for," feeling that it was too uncomfortable to keep up in the wake of the massacre. The video would be reuploaded three days later.

* The tour of ''Theatre/MeanGirls'' replaced a joke about Russians influencing the Spring Fling elections with a joke about Steve Kornacki following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

* In November 2023, Marks and Spencer's released their Christmas ad, encouraging people to let go of Christmas traditions they disliked and "only do what you love". One promotional image featured red, green, and silver paper hats burning in a black fireplace... resulting in a remarkable resemblance to a burning Palestinian flag. With Israel having declared war on Hamas the previous month, and thousands of Palestinians having been killed since then, the (entirely coincidental) resemblance drew significant controversy, and M&S quickly withdrew that particular image and apologised.

* The 2023 ''[[Anime/AxisPowersHetalia Hetalia]]'' musical, ''Hetalia: The Fantastic World'', apparently didn’t use Russia due to the then-ongoing War in Ukraine. The musical before that had some lyrics changed in its DVD release as well to avoid association with the same war.

** The original opening scene to ''[[WebVideo/FNAFShorts FNaF Shorts]]''' "The Frost Bear!" was deleted due to the scene containing the characters discussing the United States Capitol attack, which occurred a few days before the short was uploaded. According to [=AndrewJohn100=], he said he removed it for "unintentionally offending Trump supporters".