Media Lies, Not Video Games, Turned Charlie Kirk Into A Target

Charlie Kirk is dead, and the reaction has been as grotesque as it is predictable. Across social media, leftists revel in his murder, posting sick celebrations as if a man’s murder were something to cheer. That outpouring of cruelty was not spontaneous. It was the harvest of years of media lies that conditioned people to see Kirk as subhuman. Yet, instead of reckoning with how a culture of hatred is manufactured and weaponized, we are being told to look elsewhere.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox rushed to thrust himself into the spotlight the moment the tragedy struck. It didn’t take long for him to appear on NBC, blaming “radicalization” through “video games” and “Reddit culture” as the cause of Kirk’s murder. Others pointed out that messages found on the bullet casings included a reference to Helldivers 2, a third-person shooting game that came out last year...