MSNBC fired Matthew Dowd for his truthful words after the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Right after the shooting, he was on the air with Katy Tur. At the time, the only thing known was shots were fired at a Kirk event and there was no reporting yet that Kirk was the target or had been shot at. Dowd first said that we needed to get the facts because we have no idea what this could be and it could easily be someone firing a gun in the air to celebrate the event. As they continued to talk about the environment in a which a shooting like this happens, here's what Dowd said regarding Kirk (again, not knowing Kirk had been shot) -
“He’s been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can’t stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that’s the unfortunate environment we are in.”
For this, he was fired.
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