While the United States is presently in the midst of some extremely complicated times when it comes to the relationships between media companies and the government, South Park has done absolutely nothing to shy away from controversy. Season 27 of the Comedy Central show launched back in July, and there has been no effort from the filmmakers to shy away from hot button issues (which, to be fair, is the South Park way). Because of this, however, there has been some concern in recent days that the delay of the most recent episode was a result of censorship – but now series co-creator Matt Stone has gone on the record easing those worries.
The fifth episode of South Park's latest season didn't debut as originally scheduled last Wednesday, but it has now been put on the record that the delay was not due to any kind of behind-the-scenes conversations/objections regarding content. Matt Stone has spoken with The Denver Post and assured fans that the creatives were simply unable to hit the necessary deadlines for the episode to air. Said the filmmaker,
