Legacy Newscasts Still Avoiding Motive in Charlie Kirk’s Assassination

It’s been a week since Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated by a trans-adjacent (allegedly) leftist with a grudge. Despite a press conference by the local prosecutor with extensive details, the legacy newscasts avoided any discussion of the shooter’s motive.  

Jorge Bonilla
September 17th, 2025 1:41 AM
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Audie Cornish's Sly Way Of Drawing Attention to Insult of AG Bondi

CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish slyly draws attention to Erick Erickson's insult of AG Pam Bondi as a "moron." Cornish displays Erickson's post, including the insult, but says she won't read the offending line--thus ensuring that viewers' eyes will be drawn to it. 

Mark Finkelstein
September 16th, 2025 11:03 PM

LAZY: Politico Plays Dumb on ‘The Nation’ Mag’s Connection to Soros

Politico’s knee-jerk reaction to trust but not verify leftist magazine The Nation’s retort to Vice President J.D. Vance’s connection of the latter to billionaire George Soros is the epitome of what happens when journalists let TDS rot their brains so much they throw ethics to the wind.

Joseph Vazquez
September 16th, 2025 10:39 PM

Morning Joe Flips Their Script on Hate Speech

On Tuesday morning, MSNBC’s Morning Joe bashed Attorney General Pam Bondi for saying “There’s free speech, and then there’s hate speech,” on an episode of The Katie Miller Podcast posted on Monday. While the program granted the legality of hate speech, that can’t be squared with its disdain for digital free speech.

Isaac White
September 16th, 2025 9:31 PM

ABC: Kirk Killer’s Texts With Trans Lover Were ‘Intimate,’ ‘Touching’

On Tuesday’s ABC News Special Report about Utah County officials formally announcing charges against the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s murder, chief national correspondent Matt Gutman expressed affinity for the suspect and admiration for his love story with a trans person, gushing the text messages released by authorities were “lovingly,” “very intimate,” and “very touching.”

Curtis Houck
September 16th, 2025 5:53 PM

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr Rejects Politico Push on Big Tech Censorship

A legacy media host teed up Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to join the chorus of calls for censorship following the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk, but Carr didn’t take the bait. 

Tom Olohan
September 16th, 2025 5:46 PM

Kayyem Doubles Down On Downplaying Kirk Assasin's Political Motive

On Saturday, CNN terrorism analyst and former Obama DHS official Juliette Kayyem demanded everyone “stop looking” for a motive in Charlie Kirk’s assassination because we may never know while asking, “Who cares?” On Tuesday, Utah County D.A. Jeff Gray revealed text messages from Kirk’s alleged assassin saying he “had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.” Later, on Tuesday's…

Alex Christy
September 16th, 2025 5:15 PM

Mea Culpa for Sinking Campaign? The View to Host Kamala’s Book Tour

With Election Day 2024 bearing down, ABC’s The View infamously and inadvertently helped to sink Vice President Kamala Harris’s (D) bid for the White House with a softball question from co-host Sunny Hostin. In an announcement made during Tuesday’s episode, the liberal ladies seemed to be attempting a mea culpa by having Harris on their show next week to hawk her new book about her…

Nicholas Fondacaro
September 16th, 2025 4:27 PM

Kash Patel Tells Adam Schiff He’s ‘a Political Buffoon – at Best!’

“You are a political buffoon at best,” FBI Director Kash Patel informed Democrat Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) during a shouting match at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Craig Bannister
September 16th, 2025 4:19 PM

OOPS: CBS’s Dickerson Changes Tune, Admits to Motive in Kirk Murder

During CBS’s brief reaction Tuesday to Utah County officials announcing charges against the suspect in the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, CBS Evening News co-anchor John Dickerson was forced to listen to then recap for viewers which he had denied hours earlier that Kirk was murdered for his political views. Speaking moments later to correspondent Carter Evans…

Curtis Houck
September 16th, 2025 3:58 PM

TV Anchor Suspended for On-Air Tribute to Charlie Kirk Resigns

"I believe I am the first to be targeted for honoring him on air,” Illinois ABC affiliate Anchor Beni Rae Harmony wrote Monday.

Craig Bannister
September 16th, 2025 3:16 PM

Maddow: Trump Wants to Use Kirk Murder to 'Stay in Power Indefinitely'

The calls to turn down the political rhetoric were nice while they lasted. On Monday’s The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, the eponymous host warned that President Trump and the administration writ large intend to use the assassination of Charlie Kirk to, among other things, “stay in power indefinitely.”

Alex Christy
September 16th, 2025 1:49 PM

PBS Hints Trump Will Use Kirk's Murder To Mess With 2026 Elections

The Atlantic staff writer David Frum joined PBS’s Amanpour and Company guest host Bianna Golodryga on Monday to react to the aftermath of the assassination of Charlie Kirk and used the opportunity to relight the Doomsday beacons that signify democracy itself is under threat from a president who would seek to mess with the 2026 midterm elections.

Alex Christy
September 16th, 2025 11:31 AM

Gutfeld: ‘The Media Is Dead to Us’ on Charlie Kirk Assassination Story

When it comes to Charlie Kirk’s murder, “The media is dead to us” because they amplified the demonization of Kirk and are now playing the “both sides” game, Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld declared Monday.

Craig Bannister
September 16th, 2025 11:29 AM