TMZ has issued a grovelling apology alongside a clarification for “tone deaf laughter” heard during a broadcast that went live just moments before they announced Wednesday’s assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Initially the outlet dismissed any relation between the newsroom laughter and the tragic murder of Kirk saying the two were “not related.”

As public disgust built over the coverage, TMZ returned to the matter and hastily made clear their position, saying “As we were reporting the asssasination (sic) of Charlie Kirk there were some people in the back room away from our news desk who were watching a car chase and they were laughing and clapping… they were not laughing that way about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”

As Breitbart News reported, Kirk was shot in his neck and killed while

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