It became rather evident that compiling this week’s edition would be a difficult and laborious task. The jarring news of the Charlie Kirk assassination was bound to occupy most of the oxygen in the news sphere, and in this the media did not disapp–...
Check that. They DID in fact disappoint us, in a completely unseemly fashion, but did so in the very manner we fully expected. From the time that the news broke of the attempt made on Charlie’s life all the way to the aftermath throughout this weekend, the press have been an abjectly insufferable lot. So much so that choosing a “worst” for this installment was an impossible task.
How do we measure unacceptable news coverage against other unacceptable coverage, all while they were behaving with inhuman reactions and reports?! That said, what we settled on was an all-inclusive awarding this week. Anyone listed herein is (un)worthy of recognition, so just take heed that merely being included is regarded as unacceptable journalism.
Hold your nose and behold the dysfunctional examples we've had to wade through since Wednesday.
MSNBC
Matthew Dowd was only among the first to be held down as an example of how not to behave after a prominent killing. You have to have been truly repugnant to have the likes of MSNBC say you are too depraved for their airwaves and dismiss you from appearing any longer.
Katy Tur did not even wait for an announcement on Kirk’s condition before she began speculating on President Trump using the shooting for political means.
Nicolle Wallace outright lies as she says polls show 50 percent of conservatives believe political violence is justified. The polls show the opposite, as it is Democrats who hold that stance.
Ken Dilanian said it was “worth remembering” that Kash Patel had fired the head of the Salt Lake City FBI field office — he just could not tell us what that “worth” specifically was to remember. He posted an older article that hinted it was racist to see women and minorities fired – in the agency headed by a minority and a DOJ headed by a female.
New York Times
In offering up past comments by Charlie, the paper of record could not do the job of actually looking at things in full context; they had to issue a correction after falsely claiming Kirk had made antisemitic statements; he had, in fact, quoted a post found online, and he had been condemning the content.
Peter Baker saw a need to cite Charlie Kirk’s words as being a factor in his being killed, and brought up the “toxic culture.”
CBS News
Potential CTE sufferer Nate Burleson challenged former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, asking about the aftermath of the shooting, “Is this a moment for your party to reflect on political violence?”
Scott MacFarlane completely misleads viewers out of desperation, claiming transgenderism played no role in the shooting based solely on the words of Utah’s governor. The FBI is focusing intently on that trans radicalism aspect as a motive for the assassination.
One of Stephen Colbert’s writers complained that Ezra Klein wrote a conciliatory column about the shooting – she was kvetching about him seeking to reach a middle ground, that he was doing the very same thing so many on the Left were calling to take place.
After a conservative was killed, the network felt it was needed to get the opinions heard…of a Biden speechwriter.
'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
ABC News
That same afternoon, the network speculated that Charlie Kirk basically brought on the attack himself by daring to visit a college campus and discuss issues.
The following day, the network looked to avoid the fact that Kirk was murdered, opting to soften things with a “At the Time of His Death” headline.
CNN
Brian Stelter pleaded for people on the Right to calm their rhetoric, using Charlie’s words to deliver a lecture. Lost on him was that Kirk was murdered while doing the very thing he called for from conservatives.
After the narrative that the shooter was from the Right fell apart, on CNN, Juliette Kayyem channeled her outer Hillary and asked, “Who cares” about their positioning?!
Slate
The wizards at this outlet were deeply worried about the ominous signs they saw. This was not over an assassination taking place, but in the reaction to such.
The response to Charlie Kirk’s death on the right is pretty damn ominous. https://t.co/TxlMSzVTif
— Slate (@Slate) September 11, 2025
The Atlantic
Jonathan Chait dared to enter the arena of lecturing about proper discourse and not inciting violence, trying to deflect from his voluminous past of calling Donald Trump a “Nazi.”
Rolling Stone
The outlet was upset at the welling tide of people losing their jobs for posting hateful and/or pro-murder comments, saying it was wrong to see this cancel culture from the Right. This is the same outlet that touted cancel culture when Leftists were wielding it as a tool.
Hollywood Reporter
The outlet claimed conservatives were blaming the shooting on “South Park” recently portraying Kirk in an episode. It quoted a lone nameless person, referenced other randos mentioned in an article from another outlet, and completely misquoted Jesse Kelly in the process. They also had to ignore that 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.
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Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.
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