‘We Need to Do Better’: Comcast, NBC, and MSNBC Brass Admit Fault in Charlie Kirk Coverage

David Gilmour Sep 12th, 2025, 10:33 am

Comcast, NBCUniversal, and MSNBC’s top brass executives issued a joint company-wide memo following backlash to MSNBC’s handling of coverage surrounding the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk which resulted in the firing of one network contributor.

MSNBC’s senior political analyst Matthew Dowd was fired on Wednesday after on-air remarks that were criticized for appearing to blame Kirk for his own assassination, just a short time after news of the activist’s death had broken.

Dowd suggested Kirk was “one of the most divisive” figures in American politics and speculated that he may even have been shot by a supporter firing a “gun off in celeb

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