NewsBusters Podcast: TV Polices Conservative Speech After Kirk's Death

The Sunday "news" shows demanded that Republicans condemn angry speech by conservatives after the murder of Charlie Kirk, not leftist rhetoric. It's perverse after a conservative was gunned down on campus.

Tim Graham
September 15th, 2025 10:32 PM

THE FINDING OUT TIMES: NBC Whines About Firings Over Anti-Kirk Vitriol

The NBC Nightly News complains about the rash of firings of individuals celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. A report full of misrepresentations and obfuscations attempts to turn these formerly-employed individuals into the newest, purest victims of the shooting.

Jorge Bonilla
September 15th, 2025 10:20 PM

'The Nation' Is Being Deceptive About Its Connection to George Soros

The president of the leftist magazine The Nation Bhaskar Sunkara was up in arms over Vice President J.D. Vance’s connection of his publication to billionaire George Soros during a recent TV appearance. The reality: Vance was hovering over the target, and Sunkara was being blatantly deceptive.

Joseph Vazquez
September 15th, 2025 9:27 PM

CNN Attempts to Shift Blame for Political Violence Away from the Left

The left could no longer deny that their side was responsible for (at least some) of the political violence terrorizing this country. But they weren’t willing to admit the of violence that could be attributed to liberal ideology. Monday’s edition of Inside Politics with Dana Bash on CNN saw her and guests dissatisfied with the Trump Administration’s response to the murder of Charlie…

Isaac White
September 15th, 2025 9:11 PM

Mamdani: Democrats’ Antisemitism Problem

For the Democrat hard left, the good news is that Zohran Mamdani, a self-described “Democratic socialist” with a long history of what many consider antisemitism and anti-Israel activism, won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York. The bad news for the Democratic left is that he will likely win.

Larry Elder
September 15th, 2025 5:28 PM

WashPost FIRES Far-Left Columnist for VILE Tweets About Charlie Kirk

Writing Monday morning at her Substack, far-left race hustler Karen Attiah revealed she had been fired from The Washington Post as Global Opinions Editor for a series of ghoulish posts on the far-left hellscape BlueSky in which she downplayed Wednesday’s assassination of Charlie Kirk as part of America’s violent past and falsely claimed he denigrated black women as criminals.

Curtis Houck
September 15th, 2025 5:08 PM

Vance: No Unity with People Who Celebrate Charlie Kirk's Assassination

While he dearly wants unity in America, there cannot be unity with people who condone – even celebrate – political violence, such as the assassination of conservative advocate Charlie Kirk, Vice President JD Vance declared Monday.

Craig Bannister
September 15th, 2025 4:59 PM

Worst Media Take of the Week Winner [Editors’ Note]

This space is usually reserved for announcing the results of our Worst Media Take of the Week poll. We didn’t run a vote last week out of respect for Charlie Kirk and his family. 

Geoffrey Dickens
September 15th, 2025 4:50 PM

Biden DOJ Official Condemns Free Speech Moves After Kirk Murder

A former official from the Biden administration is calling for the silencing of online free speech at a time when the country is mourning the senseless murder of Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, who was killed while exercising his First Amendment right to free speech.

Tom Olohan
September 15th, 2025 4:43 PM

The View Wants You to Stop Blaming the Left for Kirk’s Lib Assassin

Since Friday’s edition of The View was pre-recorded, Monday’s episode was the first time the liberal ladies could expand on their initial reactions to the politically motivated assassination of Charlie Kirk. Despite the shooter’s naked liberal politics and his transgender lover, The View was demanding that people stop trying to blame the left for this latest act of political…

Nicholas Fondacaro
September 15th, 2025 4:00 PM

CNN: Kirk Backers Are Doxxers, ‘Sedition Hunters’ Brave Web Sleuths

CNN is guilty of gross double standards in covering internet researchers on a mission to expose their political enemies. On Saturday, CNN updated a previous post, “People are getting fired for allegedly celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. It looks like a coordinated effort,” by CNN Business “breaking news writer” Ramishah Maruf. The headline conveyed the hostility of Maruf’s…

Clay Waters
September 15th, 2025 2:57 PM

Bozell to O'Connor: Why Won't Lefty Media Employ Someone Like Kirk?

MRC President David Bozell visited WMAL’s O’Connor & Company on Monday morning to discuss what the Sunday talk shows (and others) had to say about the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week. O’Connor pointed out a major blind spot in the networks: a lack of someone who aligned with Charlie Kirk from an ideological perspective:

Brian McNicoll
September 15th, 2025 1:59 PM

Bloomberg Economist Admits Economy Was in ‘Recession’ BEFORE ELECTION!

As the world came to grips with the grotesque murder of TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk, a shocking admission came from Bloomberg L.P. on the true state of President Joe Biden’s economy before Election Day 2024 that got swept right under the rug.

Joseph Vazquez
September 15th, 2025 1:24 PM

CBS Turns to Biden Adviser, Lefty Historian to Lecture Public on Kirk

Showing how at least some liberal elites are already in retreat when it comes to reconsidering their own role in the country’s toxic political climate following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, CBS News Sunday Morning led off with correspondent Robert Costa turning to none other than liberal historian and President Biden speechwriter Jon Meacham to warn America’s “in a dangerous place…

Curtis Houck
September 15th, 2025 12:12 PM