I wish to respond to the Independent’s reporting of the TPUSA event at Campbell Hall on March 1. Mine is not a defense of Charlie Kirk. Instead, I’d like to discuss the Independent’s encroachment of editorial writing into straight news reporting. The trend has been ongoing for about a decade, escalating to the point where most citizens no longer trust American journalism.
I will focus on one assertion presented in the article: the claim that Charlie Kirk is anti-Semitic. The reporter does so twice and with no evidence to support the charge.
I watched the event livestreamed at home. I didn’t recall Charlie Kirk, Turning Point’s founder, saying anything anti-Semitic. I’ve since watched the YouTube video a second time, scrutinizing for something, anything, to support the reporter’s accusation.