Even though that piece of information can be verified by other credible sources (like NBC News). This is a news post they personally didn’t like.
This is not the first time this particular mod, who has self-proclaimed to “hate biggotry” but seems to be more about “love censorship”, has done something similar.
I am not familiar with how that community operates. But It might just be about the source itself and net the story. Whatever source it was that you used.