The horror at Utah Valley University is still hard to take in. Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist, was shot in cold blood just minutes into what should have been a joyful event. Thousands of people watched it happen.
And what did the networks do? Instead of condemning it, they suggested he brought it on himself because he was “polarizing.” ABC correspondent Kyra Phillips explained Kirk was “known for his outspoken views on politics, culture, religion, often taking his messages to colleges and universities, sparking sometimes pretty heated debates on campus.”
Reporter Aaron Katersky added, “There were people on both sides debating whether he should even be allowed to bring his message, often loyal to the agenda of President Trump, to campus.” Mary Bruce piled on: “It’s no secret that Kirk has said a number of controversial things over the years, in particular about DEI, Jews, women, LGBTQ community, people of color.”
So, as Kirk lay dying, ABC suggested this is what happens when you allow “controversial” conservatives to speak. Think about that.
To the left, his arguments were “polarizing,” “divisive,” and “controversial.” Their own views? Never. When they push DEI, abortion, ESG, race wars, or LGBTQ activism, that’s framed as truth. Dissent, they say, is hate.
By Wednesday night, the tone turned serious. But Thursday morning, CBS went back to blaming. “CBS Mornings” co-host Nate Burleson asked Kevin McCarthy if Republicans should watch their mouths because Kirk’s speech was “offensive to specific communities.” He pressed harder: “Speaking of this tragedy, is this a moment for your party to reflect on political violence? Is it a moment for us to think about the responsibility of our political leaders and their voices and what it does to the masses as they get lost in misinformation or disinformation that turns into and spills into political violence?”
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELMcCarthy tried unity. But Burleson’s framing was “offensive to specific communities” — the Trump-voting half of the country. For conservatives, it felt like a warning: this could have been any one of them.
And yet, CBS never asked if the killer was motivated by leftist rhetoric. Kirk’s alleged assassin was not a Republican. But somehow leftist rhetoric is always above scrutiny.
The next day, NPR brought on Kyle Spencer, author of “Raising Them Right.” She claimed, “Charlie really positioned himself as somebody who was supporting Whiteness, White people, and the White culture of this country against what he saw as efforts that were efforts to create equity in the country and to support the disenfranchised.”
That’s how they frame it. “Public” broadcasting insists on “centering the marginalized.” Which means opponents are cast as racists. They loved Black Lives Matter in 2020. But Charlie Kirk? They called him dangerous.
And notice what’s happening here. The rules only ever cut one way. If you’re on the left, you can say whatever you want. You can demonize half the country as bigots, you can compare your political opponents to Nazis, you can burn cities and call it justice. That’s not dangerous. That’s celebrated. But if you’re on the right? If you question DEI, or the gender dogma, or the racial politics of the moment, suddenly you’re a threat to democracy itself. Suddenly, your presence on a college campus is enough to provoke violence.
That’s not journalism, but activism dressed up as news. And the effect is obvious. It tells unstable people watching at home that conservatives are villains who deserve what’s coming to them. It excuses the violence before it even happens.
This is the feedback loop. The media smears, the radicals listen, and then when someone finally snaps, the press shrugs and says, well, he was “controversial.” That’s the narrative they’ve built. That’s the cover they’ve given.
And when evidence emerged about political markings on the shooter’s ammo, ABC’s Matt Gutman downplayed it: “a high-powered rifle wrapped in a towel, and three unspent cartridges inscribed with words and symbols. Tonight, authorities [are] working on what the markings might mean.”
We found out Friday what those markings said. One shell read: “Hey fascist! Catch!” Another said “O bella ciao, bella ciao,” a leftist anthem still sung today against conservative leaders like Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.
For ten years, networks have called Trump and conservatives “fascist,” “authoritarian,” and “Hitler.” Antifa, meanwhile, is dismissed as a conspiracy theory. “It doesn’t even exist. It’s an idea,” Joe Biden said with warm diarrhea brains.
And when Democrats say Trump is an “existential threat” to democracy, networks broadcast it as gospel. No pushback. No questions. And then they ask why the temperature in this country is boiling.
It isn’t conservatives doing that.
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