It is not paranoia, it is pacifying one of their partners who complained about the content of the gif.
I don’t know who or why. Possibly CBS. Possibly some leftist web programmer who called it “fake news”.
If you search for that gif, it is very hard to find. A few years ago it was common. It has been effectively scrubbed.
Last time I made a deep effort to find it. There were 2 sources. The one I used and one offshore. That’s it.
Here ya go - save/spread/enjoy: http://i.imgur.com/SYR7bSX.gif