When it comes to Charlie Kirk’s murder, “The media is dead to us” because they amplified the demonization of Kirk and are now playing the “both sides” game, Fox News’ Greg Gutfeld declared Monday.
Facing off with Democrat strategist Jessica Tarlov on “The Five,” Gutfeld slammed his fellow co-host for attempting to rationalize Kirk’s assassination by noting that there is violence on “both sides” and asking “What about?” examples of right-wing offenses:
“The media is dead to us on this story. They built this thing up. We’re dealing with it; we are going to act. We don’t care what the ‘What about?’ is anymore; that sh*t’s dead!”
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Greg Gutfeld just EVISCERATED Jessica Tarlov for making the “both sides” argument about Charlie Kirk’s kiIIing
“DON’T PLAY THAT BULLSHlT WITH ME!”
“We don’t care about your ‘both sides’ argument. That shlt is DEAD!”
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— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 15, 2025
Kirk’s assassination transcends the typical news paradigm, Gutfeld told Tarlov:
“This is a story that is immune to news cycles.
“It is immune to rationalizations.
“It is immune to bias.
“This thing is with us for good. And we all have to deal with that.”
“So that means that we can’t live by the same arguments that you might be reading about relativism among the media. We can’t deal with those stories. It doesn’t matter,” Gutfeld said.
Tarlov had attempted to equate Kirk’s assassination to the murder of former Democrat Minnesota state Representative Melissa Hortman – but, Gutfeld was having none of it, noting that the liberal legacy media had widely demonized Kirk, but not Hortman.
“Did you know her name before she died? None of us did,” Gutfeld responded to Tarlov’s “What about?” ploy:
“Don’t play that “bullsh*t with me. You know what I’m saying is that there was no demonization amplification about that woman before she died. It was a specific crime against her by someone who knew her.”
Liberals are forced to play the “What about this?” card because their beliefs don’t match reality and, if they faced up to reality, they’d have to admit that they’re “not the good guys,” Gutfeld explained:
“I understand the defensiveness. I understand why people are saying, ‘What about this and what about this?’ Because, if you have to face the underlying facts of this, your life is going to fall apart – because you’re going to realize that you’re not the good guys.”
“That is a hell of a realization to deal with. So, therefore, you have to grasp at rationalizations,” Gutfeld concluded.
