Why is the Mainstream Media’s Focus on Charlie Kirk While They Virtually Ignore School Shootings?
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart Okay, we get it. A Trump supporter was murdered. Yes, it’s wrong, and like Republican politicians after a mass shooting, ‘I offer my thoughts and prayers,’ but nothing more. Charlie Kirk preached anger, hatred, and violence to his supporters. His hate speech was unusual in the fact that he hated everyone who was not pure white, poor, and practiced any faith other than Christianity, or none at all. He was not focused one issue, race, or color, he hated everyone equally. He literally lived by hate and was killed by a ‘hater.’ What he was not is a hero or a martyr. I simply wish that the mainstream media would offer the same coverage when there is another school shooting, whether the death toll is zero, or the facts reach devastating levels. Let’s get serious. This is the 21 st century. Even America, with all of its prejudices and pent-up anger, should be more civilized. Instead, here are the statistics for 2025 as of this date, September 16. Any gun fired, brandi...