On Sunday’s episode of ABC ’s This Week , host Jonathan Karl furrowed his brow somberly and, with the resonant tones honed at anchor school, looked into the camera and declared, “The murder of Charlie Kirk was not a political act.”

Legacy news talking heads have twisted themselves into human drill bits to obscure Tyler Robinson’s motive for assassinating Kirk. First, the crazed effort to cast Robinson as a “Groyper” swept through the establishment’s media channels, culminating in Jimmy Kimmel ’s recitation of this blatant lie to his audience on Monday. Others have been more subtle, blaming the killing on “ gun violence ” and stressing the “both sides” nature of political violence.

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