It’s hard to pay attention to the news for multiple reasons. Sometimes it’s just depressing. Often it’s so focused on the gross, sensational and insensitive. And the unfortunate reality is that we can’t fully trust all we read and hear.
With the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk (a moment that may serve as the next “where were you when question” — i.e. where were you when the Space Shuttle exploded?… where were you when you heard the plane struck the first tower? … where were you when you heard Princess Diana died?), but since that time, we’ve been watching what the media has had to say and how they characterize what occurred.
Some has been inaccurate. For example, Charlie Kirk wasn’t a saint. He would be the first to say so. No need to call him that.
Some has been in poor taste. For example, Charlie Kirk wasn’t uneducated or ignorant. No need to insult or call him that either.
Watching the media that matters, here is how seemingly more reasonable voices attempted to wrestle with our current reality in recent weeks, discussing this significant event and moment in time:
- America Awaits Fateful Consequences of Horrific Killing
- The American Spiritual Revival and the Assassination of Charlie Kirk
- Assassination Leaves Lawmakers on Edge
- The Awakening Few See Coming
- Charlie Kirk Helped Defeat the Old, Failed Consensus
- Charlie Kirk’s Killing & Our Poisonous Internet
- Charlie Kirk’s Legacy of Grace Triumphs Over Hate
- The Cries of This Widow Will Echo Around The World Like A Battle Cry
- Don’t Shut Down Free Speech in Kirk’s Name
- The Evildoers Have No Idea What They Just Unleashed
- A Force Like No Other, Impossible to Overstate Kirk’s Influence
- Four Ominous Trends
- How Charlie Kirk Reached Young Americans
- How ‘Fascist’ Ended Up on Kirk Assassin’s Bullet
- I Forgive Him
- Is There Any Way Forward After Charlie Kirk’s Murder?
- Kirk Assassination Has Cast a Dark Shadow Over U.S.
- The Kirk Assassination: More Than Just Murder
- Kirk Made No Intro Speech; He Went Straight Into the Debate
- Kirk Was Very Effective and That’s Why They Killed Him
- Kirk Was Wise Beyond His Age, and a Master Builder
- Kirk’s Assassination Is a Turning Point for America
- Kirk’s Death Ignites a Campus Reckoning
- Kirk’s Impact Wasn’t Limited to Campus Politics
- Kirk’s Murder, Aftermath Symptoms of Fragile Democracy
- Let’s Listen as Well as Speak After Kirk’s Assassination
- Our Country Is Not Prepared for This
- Pray Now for America. We Are in Big Trouble
- ‘Prove Me Wrong’: Charlie Kirk’s Final Challenge
- Ramifications of Charlie Kirk Assassination Could Be Huge
- They Came To See Kirk. They Won’t Be Quiet Now
- They Want Us To Hate Each Other. Uniting Would Be Act of Defiance
- Was Charlie Kirk ‘Divisive’ – or Did He Say What Millions Believe?
- Was Current Madness Birthed in Universities?
- A Watershed Moment for Movement Charlie Kirk Founded
- We Are Not OK, But There Is Hope
- We Have Entered, Indisputably, a New Age
- What Kirk’s Assassination Tells Us About the American Mind
- What Would Charlie Do? The Path Forward After Darkness
- Why Kirk’s Assassination Will Change America
What we read and hear matters. Even and especially when it’s hard, depressing and/or sensational. My goal is to discuss all things well.
Respectfully…
AR
(Sources utilized for the above included but were not limited to American Greatness, The Atlantic, Axios, Blaze Media, Bloomberg, CNN, Epoch Times, The Federalist, FOX News, The Guardian, HuffPost, Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, New York Magazine, New York Post, New York Times, Real Clear Politics, Real Time, Salon, Slate, Spectator, Substack, Turning Point USA, UnHerd, Vox, Wall Street Journal, Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Monthly, Washington Post, Washington Times, Washington Week, and X.)