We have to suppose that it is a natural offshoot of a severe act taking place, that some people would tread into the landscape of conspiracies. It is not unexpected, but we seem to be experiencing an elevated level of this activity today. In the wake of the grievous murder of Charlie Kirk, there has been a flurry of these instances, but the sourcing of this may have much to do with the added aspect of political tribalism.
While conspiracy theories are not a new phenomenon, what is notable now is how many who claim to have elevated thinking are instead descending into the fever swamps. An application of pragmatism is not only absent, it is resisted, and that is the tell. And the denials of the motives behind the shooting seen in the press are only feeding this hysteria.
Currently on social media, two such prevailing theories are floated: That the presented text messages between Kirk’s assassin and his lover are fabricated, and that at least one lynching has boldly taken place on a college campus. These are cases that beg for clarity and evidence, and the absence of such is held up as proof.
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Regarding the texts presented by the authorities, the prevailing theory is that nobody of the shooter’s age fashions their texts in the manner seen in these exchanges. The concept is that these were crafted by out-of-touch law enforcement figures. When I asked one such true-denier on social media where the evidence exists that these were fake messages, I was told that it is found on social media posts. (Naturally, the next step was not showing these examples but the instruction that it was incumbent upon me to seek out their proof.)
This is the first step down the rabbit hole; we need to distrust law enforcement and instead take as gospel the postings seen on TikTok. Next, when told of the fact that these text messages could be verified via cell phone companies and the metadata tracking, we hear how the Feds can compel the companies to manufacture that data; those rabbit-hole steps then become a slide.
Now we have the theory of rampant coordination taking place ahead of the shooting, and the vast conspiracy defies all disqualifying details. How do you explain the tracking of the shooter using the very same phone? It was hacked! How do you explain his DNA in the sniper’s nest? He was a patsy plucked from the Republican family! None of it holds up to scrutiny, while the disconnected aspects serve as some kind of verification.
In an unrelated event, but one somehow brought up as connected, this weekend, a young black male was found dead on the campus of Delta State University in Mississippi. Demartravion Reed’s body was discovered hanging in a tree, and the natural tendency of minds was to surmise this could be a case of lynching. The unnatural response? Declaring definitively that this was a lynching, with wild claims.
Many are stating definitively that a lynching took place and even attribute details of physical attacks, such as broken limbs and other signs of abuse. The problem? A lack of evidence, once again. The Coroner’s Office has disputed that there was any sign of broken bones, issued a preliminary report that no signs of distress existed, and believed preliminary evidence indicated self-harm was a cause.
Further examination is taking place, yet the family and many conspiracists are calling for a secondary independent autopsy to be performed, as there is, again, the implication of authorities obfuscating the truth. It also leads to questions the ardents do not want to address.
For this lynching accusation, we first ask who would be behind it and why they would target this individual? No sign of racist messaging has been shown. The next question is regarding the implication of a cover-up, which would be, why the black police chief and the black coroner would be working to hide evidence of a lynching? Now, this also does not disprove anything, but waiting for all of the facts is not permissible.
This mindset behind these claims is fueled, at least indirectly, by a very obvious tendency in the press to avoid key facts in the Charlie Kirk case. Repeatedly, we have seen the press dodging key details, promoting false leads, or provoking theories while denying other key provable pieces of evidence.
Note that Charlie’s shooter has been implicated as a Republican, with photos of him at 12 years old with guns, which is held up as proof that is supposed to eclipse the contemporary evidence of what he was doing as an adult. Note too the numerous claims of Kirk being a racist, an antisemite, and/or anti-gay based on out-of-context brief clips and quotes, only to be retracted. A Washington Post editor has been let go for attributing false racist quotes to Charlie.
While maybe not pushing these conspiracy theories directly, this behavior in the press feeds this mentality, and much of it rests on a need to have this assassination blamed on the right. As they lose that narrative, conspiracies become a means to keep the claims alive, and media denials substantiate the theories.
At MSNBC, their online guru, Brandy Zadrozny, came forward to deny that anyone on the left was cheering the death of Charlie Kirk.
MSNBC’s Zadrozny: To suggest people on the internet are cheering for the murder of Charlie Kirk is “the total opposite of what’s actually happening.”
Their lying simply knows no bounds. None. pic.twitter.com/9iz8LLxH4B
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 16, 2025
Not only did the Bluesky social media site have to come forward and actively tamp down the unhinged, gleeful reactions on its platform, but Brandy’s own network had to dismiss pundit Matthew Dowd for blaming Kirk for his own death. What depth of denial does she exist in, and at what level does she place the gullibility of their audience?!
This avoidance of facts seen across the press sphere only feeds the randos on social media to push these claims, and just that easily, all of the crowd who claim to despise fake news are seen marinating in misinformation. These days, clinging to the facts and evidence can be seen as an act of rebellion.
Editor’s Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives.
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