From c536a8a0c860d1a9685ef0a3be1b6c51e4ba2215 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 15:42:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Remove hash

---
 newswire.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/newswire.py b/newswire.py
index bb63b06f..c1009c85 100644
--- a/newswire.py
+++ b/newswire.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def addNewswireDictEntry(baseDir: str, newswire: {}, dateStr: str,
     newswireItemBlocked = False
     if tags:
         for tag in tags:
-            if isBlockedHashtag(baseDir, tag):
+            if isBlockedHashtag(baseDir, tag.replace('#', '')):
                 newswireItemBlocked = True
                 break
     if not newswireItemBlocked: