MSNBC has come under fire after on-air comments about Charlie Kirk were branded “disgusting” and “shameful” in the wake of the conservative star’s d**th.
Controversial Coverage
While covering the breaking news of Wednesday’s sh**ting at Utah Valley University, host Katy Tur called Kirk “divisive” and “polarizing,” while political analyst Matthew Dowd speculated that the gunshot could have come from one of Kirk’s own supporters.
“We don’t know if this is a supporter sh**ting their gun off in celebration or… So we have no idea about this,” Dowd said, before going on to describe Kirk as “constantly sort of pushing this sort of h*te speech.”
Tur described Kirk as “divisive” and “polarizing,” while Dowd went further, calling him “one of the most divisive younger figures… constantly pushing h*te speech.
