{"id":18014,"date":"2025-09-12T19:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=18014"},"modified":"2025-09-12T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:37:48","slug":"nbc-analyst-fired-after-unhinged-attack-on-charlie-kirks-assassination-what-he-said-is-in-the-first-comment-%f0%9f%91%87%f0%9f%94%a5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=18014","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNBC Analyst FIRED After \u2018Unhinged\u2019 Attack on Charlie Kirk\u2019s Assassination \u2014 What He Said Is in the FIRST Comment \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udd25\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, prompted widespread condemnation of political violence from across the political spectrum. However, MSNBC\u2019s coverage of the incident has drawn significant criticism for its timing and approach, particularly comments made by political analyst Matthew Dowd during the network\u2019s breaking news coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was shot during an outdoor speaking event at Utah Valley University while taking questions from students. President Trump later confirmed Kirk\u2019s death on Truth Social, calling him \u201cgreat and even legendary\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>During MSNBC\u2019s coverage of the developing story, host Katy Tur described Kirk as a \u201cdivisive figure\u201d and \u201cpolarizing lightning rod\u201d before bringing in contributor Matthew Dowd for analysis of the broader political environment.<\/p>\n<p>During the segment, Dowd made remarks linking Kirk\u2019s rhetoric to the shooting, stating that Kirk had been \u201cone of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures\u201d who was \u201cconstantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech, or sort of aimed at certain groups\u201d. Read more below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025, prompted widespread condemnation of political violence from across the political spectrum&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18016,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18014\/revisions\/18016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}