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riversedge

(77,982 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:05 PM Monday

Charlie Kirk Got a State Funeral. The Truth Got Buried. Mainstream media is failing America in real time. Fight back!

I found lots of other things to do instead of turning on TV--except for the GB Packer game--which they did not come alive until the last 5 minutes of the game--then LOST in last in last few seconds!!

Charlie Kirk Got a State Funeral. The Truth Got Buried.
Mainstream media is failing America in real time. Fight back!


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Jennifer Canter and DemCast USA Sep 22, 2025


In this issue:

The TRUTH about how networks turned Kirk’s memorial into a propaganda rally.

Shareable CLIPS you missed—critical voices and context cut from the coverage.

WAYS TO FIGHT BACK by boosting independent outlets that tell the truth.

1. The TRUTH

Do you want football or freedom? That isn’t a rhetorical question. Millions tuned in for their NFL fix, but nearly every major U.S. network—CBS, CNN, Fox, the Associated Press, ABC, NBC, and MSNBC—scrapped regular programming to air Charlie Kirk’s memorial service live. Those networks aired a propaganda rally dressed up as a tribute to a false martyr.

We are witnessing corporate America locking arms with political power. Comcast owns NBC, Disney owns ABC, FOX, and ESPN. Every broadcast minute is filtered through executives and advertisers who prize profit and access over truth. The same networks that profit from football spectacles profit from sanitized political theater, trading public trust for access and ad dollars.

Constitutional scholars like UCLA’s Eugene Volokh warn of “anticipatory obedience”: outlets censoring themselves to avoid government retaliation. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression called FCC pressure a direct threat to the First Amendment, but networks buried the story. Meanwhile, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, professors and healthcare workers fired for dissenting opinions, and newsroom silence show how fast voices vanish from public life.

Kirk’s memorial was staged with the pomp of a state funeral: tens of thousands in attendance, Super Bowl-level security, and a parade of Trump, Vance, and Rubio on the podium. Anchors delivered glowing commentary while dissent disappeared. When have networks ever devoted this level of coverage to a private citizen? Almost never.............................

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Charlie Kirk Got a State Funeral. The Truth Got Buried. Mainstream media is failing America in real time. Fight back! (Original Post) riversedge Monday OP
Corporate media gets no eyeballs from me! poli-junkie Monday #1
None of the broadcast network TV channels in Philadelphia covered that funeral. Walleye Monday #2

Walleye

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2. None of the broadcast network TV channels in Philadelphia covered that funeral.
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 03:09 PM
Monday

I don’t get cable news, but I watched football all day yesterday on CBS, NBC and Fox. Of course it would be hard to get away with preempting an Eagles game in Philly

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