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Leftist Media & Kirk (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by SmokeyTheBear@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Is it just me? Or has the left wing online media been pretty lackluster on covering the Kirk assassination?

Half of them took a week to get anything out. Even then the coverage has been meek at best.

I understand not wanting to draw the ire of the raging children in office, but like cmon, get a little backbone.

Best I've seen is TruAnon but even that was late. Anyone know of any left wing media people that have been a little more proactive and timely?

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[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, some of the big networks are glazing, but a bunch of liberal outlets aren't.

Newsweek started posting about Groypers soon after the shooting and they posted about the gun death quote, Daily Kos been calling him a bigot and talking about how he got himself killed, there's JImmy Kimmel (and some of his fellow hosts), Buzzfeed made a listicle of Charlie Kirk quotes, and Slate compared it to the Reichstag fire. There's more, but just those probably have a bigger reach than any left-wing media, since the left is tiny.

Ultimately, I think giving Charlie Kirk more attention is counter-productive. Very few minds will change, at best Republicans will outrage farm with it.