I just want to talk about this some more before it gets washed away in the undertow. Via the New York Times:

MSNBC has fired Matthew Dowd, a political analyst whose on-air comments after Charlie Kirk’s death drew criticism, according to a person at the network briefed on the decision.

During a back-and-forth with the MSNBC anchor Katy Tur on Wednesday, Mr. Dowd remarked that Mr. Kirk had been pushing hate speech, adding that “hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions.”

Rebecca Kutler, MSNBC’s president, apologized for Mr. Dowd’s remarks, calling them “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable.”

“There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise,” she said.

Mr. Dowd issued an apology on social media, saying that he did not intend for his comments “to blame Kirk for this horrendous attack.”

I don't know about everyone else, but when I turn on the news, I'm forever hoping to get at least a semblance of the truth. Hah!

I mean, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK? A NEWS organization has fired one of their voices FOR TELLING THE TRUTH?

All Dowd did was describe the universal law of cause and effect. Karma, if you will. Something Hindus and Buddhist throughout the world believe.

So now that MSNBC's president has fired someone for the crime of telling the truth in a considered, thoughtful way, it sends a stark message throughout their "news" organization.

I had my doubts about MSNBC before, but this settles it. We can't really count on them to present actual facts. They open their mouths, and they say words, but like other corporations, they are really a propaganda arm of the Trump administration.

Because free speech is only for the right wing, and addled old fools who rant endlessly on social media.