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Low-Octane Gaslighting – CBS NEWS
Scott, your desperation is showing.
Days have been spent in the press attempting to spin the provenance of the Charlie Kirk shooter, straining to avoid the fact that this is a radicalized leftist. Look at the reports showing he comes from a Republican family, for example, but needing to ignore the blatant evidence of his connections with activist people.
Scott MacFarlane was seen playing this very game. He stressed how it was declared that no evidence shows trangenderism played a role in the shooting, based entirely on the wording from one person who is not a law enforcement authority, the governor of Utah. Scott needs to ignore that the FBI is focused on this very aspect in its investigation.
FAKE NEWS ALERT: In no way did UT @GovCox suggest on his ABC and NBC hits today that "there is no indication or no idea yet if" transgenderism is "at all relevant to this case", as CBS's Scott MacFarlane suggests to viewers of Face the Nation. pic.twitter.com/vQhFZ4c6nM
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) September 14, 2025
Reporting on the Mirror – WASHINGTON POST
That she sees herself as blameless is a testament to her lack of journalism skills.
WaPo’s Karen Attiah has been let go from the outlet following her incendiary posts on Bluesky about the Kirk assassination. Along with her racially-inflamed comments, she attributed a quote to Charlie that all black women were mentally inferior. He never said such, and was instead addressing a few individuals who had made public statements that they benefited from DEI and/or affirmative action.
That Attiah does not even address her wanton ethical lapse is a sign of her blinders being in place.
Karen Attiah has now been fired by the Washington Post. The Post described her Bluesky posts on Charlie Kirk’s death as “unacceptable,” “gross misconduct,” which threatened the safety of her colleagues.
— Bluesky Libs (@BlueskyLibs) September 15, 2025
A couple of her tweets, which expressly racialized the killing 👇 https://t.co/PACUVN6a75 pic.twitter.com/DHCdVJxUHB
Criminal Family Album – VARIOUS OUTLETS
To understand, ancient photos cancel out the contemporary evidence, is that the angle?
Much was made in the press that the shooter of Charlie Kirk came from a conservative home and had been raised around firearms. Not to suggest that this had no factor in his actions, the way this has been presented, though, is that these family pics from his upbringing are meant to eclipse any of the current details surrounding what he had been involved with as an adult.
Charlie Kirk 'killer's' chilling gun obsession as his parents gave their kids 'build your rifle' Christmas gift https://t.co/hP0D81NQrN
— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) September 12, 2025
Anti-Social Media – THE NEW YORK TIMES
The victim-blaming is strong with Petey.
Appearing on Jeffrey Golberg’s slanted PBS show on Friday, The New York Times Washington columnist weighed in on the Kirk shooting in predictably grotesque fashion: Kirk had it coming!
Baker attributed things to Kirk’s past commentary and spiced up his sociopathic take by also invoking the “toxic culture,” for bad measure.
NYT's Peter Baker: Charlie Kirk Said A Lot Of Things That Riled People Up, "A Symbol Of The Toxic Culture We're In"
— RCP Video (@rcpvideo) September 13, 2025
Read his remarks: https://t.co/KoGFydLGC5 pic.twitter.com/dYj1bkJhwC
BlueAnon – FOX NEWS
Yeah, this was not a grand look, at all.
Brian Kilmeade has come out to apologize for the comments he made after the Kirk shooting. For reasons still unclear, in a discussion of related matters, including criminal recidivism and homelessness, Kilmeade actually proposed at one stage that the homeless might need to be rounded up and euthanized.
We are not sure if an apology is going to be enough after that, but we shall see.
My apology pic.twitter.com/VeoLkpDyPq
— Brian Kilmeade (@kilmeade) September 14, 2025
Artisanally-Crafted Narratives – THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
“Look, we are pretty sure they are doing this, so we do not need to go get the evidence.”
The outlet claimed conservatives were blaming the Wednesday shooting on “South Park,” over recently portraying Kirk in an episode. One small problem: Nobody has really been heard saying such.
It quoted a lone nameless person, referenced other randos mentioned in an article from another outlet, and completely misquoted Jesse Kelly in the process.
MAGA Blames ‘South Park’ for Charlie Kirk Assassination as Comedy Central Pulls Episode https://t.co/0QRvX1XLtt
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 14, 2025
They also had to ignore a key disqualifying detail: Charlie Kirk had been thrilled when the show had mocked him in the episode.
“It was so funny — a lot of people on the left were mad that I wasn’t mad… You have to be able to laugh at yourself. Don’t take yourself so seriously.”
— Next Up with Mark Halperin (@NextUpHalperin) September 13, 2025
Charlie Kirk on South Park in his final interview with @MarkHalperin on Tuesday's episode of @NextUpHalperin.
The full… pic.twitter.com/cwY8kSeKCc
Gilded Reframe – CBS NEWS
Who better to ask concerning a conservative attack? (Answer: Pretty much anyone else.)
As networks were grappling with the proper approach and tone to strike when covering the after-effects of the assassination, there was this deeply off decision from CBS News. A prominent conservative was killed, so who does the network trot out to discuss the issue? Biden speechwriter and historian, Jon Meacham.
Making this all the worse, Meacham is giving his stern and direct lecture on the proper discourse our nation needs to take — the same Jon Meacham who compared Trump's inaugural to Pearl Harbor.
'CBS News Sunday Morning' runs to liberal historian and Joe Biden speechwriter Jon Meacham says America's "in a dangerous place" with political violence such as Charlie Kirk's assassination having erupted b/c some Americans don't believe we are all being treated equally pic.twitter.com/8pa8AWmb7p
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 14, 2025
Legalized Press-titution – THE EMMYS
Seriously, who did not predict this would happen?!
In a case of less-than-trivial activity, the Emmy Awards were staged. In a dose of overenthusiastic catharsis, many in entertainment circles are VERY excited that Stephen Colbert won for “The Late Show.”
There was a paroxysm of applause over the self-congratulatory display on stage, something that not a single person saw and expected any other result to have taken place.
Hollywood liberals were cheering on a Hollywood liberal.
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) September 15, 2025
Next you will detail that the sun came up today. https://t.co/BVPy9YIgdX
