Critique of Media Reporting on Internet Culture and Subcultures

What do we know about Tyler Robinson?  What don't we know?  What are people saying?  Why are they saying what they're saying?  And again, who was Charlie Kirk really?

Content Warnings

Episode Links:

https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/charlie-kirk-suspect-tyler-robinson-roommate-trans-relationship-65wvslwr8

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/us/charlie-kirk-bullet-casings-engravings.html

https://archive.ph/2025.09.14-154103/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/us/kirk-shooting-suspect-ideology-partner.html

https://www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk-shooting-suspect-romantically-linked-to-trans-roommate-gov/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook_owned_tdb&source=TDB&via=FB_Page

https://howdypolitics.substack.com/p/you-cant-eulogize-charlie-kirk-without?r=39ezrs&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/prague-cardinal-to-hold-mass-for-slain-conservative-charlie-kirk-sparking-debate-in-czechia

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/

https://www.garbageday.email/p/charlie-kirk-was-killed-by-a-meme

https://web.archive.org/web/20250911142246/https://stonetoss.com/comic/turning-point/ (NOTE: Stone Toss comic, link to Internet Archive)

https://www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/who-was-charlie-kirk-anyway

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/who-tyler-robinson-charlie-kirk-suspect-814fd21f

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/it-was-one-of-us-utah-governor-spencer-cox-hoped-charlie-kirk-shooter-was-not-from-us-faces-backlash-online/articleshow/123858257.cms

https://boingboing.net/2025/09/12/1350-word-feature-about-the-appeal-of-charlie-kirks-beliefs-doesnt-specify-them-or-quote-him.html (NOTE: A good read)

https://web.archive.org/web/20240112121724/https://www.wired.com/story/charlie-kirk-tpusa-mlk-civil-rights-act/ (NOTE: Another good read)

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/10/magazine/charlie-kirk-american-right.html

https://www.liberalcurrents.com/not-all-victims-should-be-martyrs/

https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/douglas-murray-and-charlie-kirk-agree-there-war-white-people

https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/charlie-kirk-and-tpusa-are-fueled-far-right-extremism

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