Walmart has pulled a t-shirt advocating violence against journalists from its online store after a professional organisation warned of the threat. The t-shirt, which Walmart offered via a third party vendor called teespring.com, featured the phrase “Rope. Tree. Journalist. SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED”.

Here is Walmart's official statement regarding the shirt: “This obviously has no business being on our site. It wasn’t sold by Walmart directly, but by a third party sellers on our marketplace. It’s in clear violation of our policy. We apologize to anyone who was offended by the item and we’re removing it immediately.”

Walmart has removed a certain T-shirt from its stores after a customer noticed that the makers had accidentally emblazoned it with a very rude word. The unintentionally controversial couture came to light via a tweet that has amassed over 2.5 million views. “I need this shirt before Walmart realizes what they have done. Find the hidden word.”