The Kirk Cult is headhunting
I see where Karen Attiah, an editor for the Washington Post, was fired for quoting Charlie Kirk’s outrageous and racist statements. I never read her writing. I stopped reading the WaPo after they refused to endorse a presidential candidate in the last election. That was just the final straw, as I saw them trying to compete for the Fox News demographic.
As Josh Marhall notes in the link, the MAGA/Kirk Cult is out to avenge anything remotely critical about their recently departed propaganda minister. They’re all about freedom of speech, except when it comes to other people’s freedom of speech. Just like Kirk said he was fine with other innocent lives being sacrificed to preserve the Scalia interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Of course, Charlie didn’t mean *his* life. It’s only a matter of time before some cult member shoots or blows up innocent people. That’s what Timothy McVeigh was about: don’t tread on me; I tread on thee.
This is Charlie Kirk’s legacy. Personal attacks on anyone who doesn’t lament his passing and praise his vitriolic politics. How sad for America.
Kirk Cult claims its scalps
As Josh Marhall notes in the link, the MAGA/Kirk Cult is out to avenge anything remotely critical about their recently departed propaganda minister. They’re all about freedom of speech, except when it comes to other people’s freedom of speech. Just like Kirk said he was fine with other innocent lives being sacrificed to preserve the Scalia interpretation of the 2nd Amendment. Of course, Charlie didn’t mean *his* life. It’s only a matter of time before some cult member shoots or blows up innocent people. That’s what Timothy McVeigh was about: don’t tread on me; I tread on thee.
This is Charlie Kirk’s legacy. Personal attacks on anyone who doesn’t lament his passing and praise his vitriolic politics. How sad for America.
Kirk Cult claims its scalps
The corporate 4th Estate is not up for the moment. Has not been since 2016.
Terry, the reporting on this phenomenon seems pretty good to me. It’s happening, but not covertly. You could likely find 50 reports on it without breaking a sweat. You can find plenty of published articles that say the phenomenon is not a good thing. Corporate media doesn’t dominate discourse like it was accustomed to decades ago but I don’t think they have failed to inform here. They’ve informed but the core audience is smaller and the larger public is hearing from at lot more sources. I think it’s an improvement but it sure isn’t perfect.
Firing truth tellers is never a good sign even for a small audience.