Charlie Kirk was a reprehensible human being, symbolic of much of what is wrong in this country these days and responsible for no small part of it. But obviously he didn’t deserve to get murdered for his beliefs or political activism, and he’s not responsible for his own death. Did the MSNBC contributor’s comment indicate that Kirk was responsible for his own death or deserve to be murdered? I think it’s a grey area, though Dowd has since clarified that he did not mean that. Would a commentator at Fox News be fired for making similar comments about a liberal activist who was murdered? Unlikely ever and impossible today.
Dowd’s fate is hardly the most important concern in the last weeks events, But it’s unfortunate. He Should have been more careful - In general, I think it’s good practice to wait until somebody has been buried before making your strongest and most negative public comments about him; There’s always time for that and unless he’s Henry Kissinger or some other total monster, there’s usually some value in respecting the space, family and friends need to mourn. But his firing does show how unequal the playing field is right now and how difficult it is for corporate news to describe and discuss honestly and accurately what is going on in this country. Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 at 3:34 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > Again, he now quite famously stated that a body count is an acceptable > price to pay for the 2nd Amendment, so if he had so little regard for human > life, I feel the field is wide open for whatever parody, satire, > commentary, or criticism might befall him posthumous. In fact, as he > considered himself an advocate of free speech (at least his own speech, and > those who agreed Ruth him), it seems almost disrespectful to hold back. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'll put this here... a "South Park" episode about a commentator similar >> to Kirk was pulled from Comedy Central, but is still available on Par+... >> Kirk told FoxNews.com it made him laugh: >> >> https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/charlie-kirk-south-park-pulled-comedy-central-1236515229/ >> (link) >> B >> >> Kevin M, Sept 11th: >> >> Hate breeds hate. Anger breeds anger. I don’t condone murder, but Charlie >> Kirk placed the value of human lives behind the 2nd Amendment. So what can >> an honest commentator say in light of what occurred? Thoughts and prayers?! >> >> >> https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/matthew-dowd-fired-msnbc-charlie-kirk-death-1236514875/ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/75e116e0-4119-437c-9db3-fd3053d98ac3n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/75e116e0-4119-437c-9db3-fd3053d98ac3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B7LCar41azabuvnMvmgeg3CeYAife0gkPnwd-bL3heNQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B7LCar41azabuvnMvmgeg3CeYAife0gkPnwd-bL3heNQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ8YrPNq-0nbLXwXUPS2nttpHstt%2BsL_V2wvev6WxC3Ew%40mail.gmail.com.
