POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
1. Matt Gutman: Charlie Kirk Assassin’s Texts Were “Touching”
“The other thing that stood out to me, David, is those text messages….It was very touching in a way that I think many of us didn’t expect — a very intimate portrait into this relationship between the suspect’s roommate and the suspect himself, with him repeatedly calling his roommate, who is transitioning, calling him ‘my love’ and ‘I want to protect you, my love.’ So, it was this duality of someone who the attorney said not only jeopardized the life of Charlie Kirk and the crowd….and then, on the other hand, he was, you know, speaking so lovingly about his partner.”
— Correspondent Matt Gutman on live ABC News Special, September 16.
2. Jimmy Kimmel: MAGA “Desperately Trying” To Portray Kirk’s Killer As Not “One of Them”
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
— Host Jimmy Kimmel on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, September 15.
3. Punk Rock Singer Bobby Vylan Calls Charlie Kirk a “Piece of S***”
“I wanna dedicate this next one to an absolute piece of shit of a human being. The pronouns: was/were. ‘Cause if you talk shit, you will get banged! Rest in piss, Charlie Kirk! You piece of shit!”
— Punk rock singer Bobby Vylan on the stage of Amsterdam’s Club Paradiso, September 13.
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