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.
Before Sunday, we wondered: Would anyone question if the left and the Democrats need to curb their rhetoric of “fascism” and “existential threats to democracy”? Sadly, it seemed they brought on Republican guests demanding they condemn their own side’s rhetoric, especially President Trump blaming Charlie’s killing on the “radical left.”
Jorge Bonilla shares what he found on Sunday. ABC’s Martha Raddatz spent most of her time on This Week attempting to elicit her mostly conservative guests to condemn in some way, shape, or form President Donald Trump’s remarks wherein he accused the “Radical Left” of causing Kirk’s death.
On Friday’s Washington Week with The Atlantic, the liberal PBS gang typically rained fire on conservatives in general and Kirk in particular. No one had a critical word for rhetorical extremism on the left, and there was really no focus on the killer.
The liberal hosts also wanted to dismiss the notion that the shooter was inspired by a transgender roommate. They don’t want their side of the debate to be blamed for this assassination. On Face The Nation, CBS’s Scott MacFarlane completely misrepresented statements by Utah Governor Spencer Cox, who was trying not to get ahead of the official investigation.
Jonathan Lemire on Morning Joe was saying “motives almost shouldn’t matter.” CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem even demanded people stop asking questions about a motive. But isn’t that what the media is supposed to do? Get to the bottom of a massive news event like this??
The liberals are upset that fellow lefties are getting fired after they posted unhinged hatred of Kirk on social-media sites. National Public Radio was very concerned Saturday about angry leftists losing their jobs, even citing McCarthyism. But in May 2024, NPR promoted left-wing list-makers using TikTok to boycott celebrities for the crime of…saying nothing about Israel: “Here’s how activists used the Met Gala to call out stars for Gaza silence.”
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