Well, folks, it didn’t take long for ABC to step right into it—again. This time, it’s their longtime correspondent Matt Gutman who’s doing the backpedaling dance after sparking a firestorm over his bizarre sympathy for a man accused of assassinating conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
Yes, you read that right. We’re not talking about a shoplifter or someone who jaywalked. We’re talking about a guy, Tyler Robinson, who allegedly plotted and carried out a political hit job. But instead of focusing on the horror of the crime, Gutman decided to get all weepy over text messages between Robinson and Robinson’s transgender partner—calling them “intimate” and “touching.” Seriously?
Imagine flipping on the news to learn about a political assassination, only to hear a reporter sound like he’s reviewing a Nicholas Sparks love letter. The internet didn’t exactly take that lying down. And now, Gutman’s issuing an apology, saying he “deeply regrets” how his words came off. No kidding.
But let’s not gloss over what’s really happening here. This wasn’t a slip of the tongue. This was a deliberate choice to frame a suspected assassin in a sympathetic light — all while a conservative figure lies dead. You think a conservative journalist would’ve been offered the same grace if the roles were reversed? Please. The media would’ve lit them up like a Christmas tree.
Gutman’s apology wasn’t about remorse. It was about damage control. It was about trying to save his skin after the backlash got too hot to ignore. ABC News did suspend Gutman, but is not firing him. They are fine with this kind of leftist framing and effort to romanticize Robinson’s text messages to his transgender boyfriend. Sick. Just another day at the office for the mainstream media’s double standards.
This is what happens when journalism stops being about facts and starts being about feelings. The left-wing media has spent years normalizing crime, excusing violence, and painting criminals as misunderstood victims—especially when their targets are conservatives. Now, we’ve got reporters getting misty-eyed over assassination suspects.
And don’t think this is an isolated case. This kind of narrative shaping is part of a larger trend. The corporate media loves to humanize criminals—especially when they fit certain progressive checkboxes. But if you’re a conservative, you’re guilty until proven guilty again.
The truth is, Gutman’s comments weren’t just tone-deaf—they were dangerous. They send a message that political violence might be excusable if you can spin a love story around it. That should scare every American who values free speech, law and order, and, you know, not being murdered for their beliefs.
It’s also a slap in the face to the victim’s family. Charlie Kirk was a prominent conservative voice. Whether you agreed with him or not, he didn’t deserve to be gunned down—and he sure didn’t deserve to be shoved aside so the media could play therapist for his alleged killer.
So yeah, Gutman apologized. And maybe he means it. But the damage is already done. The mask slipped, and we saw what’s underneath. A media machine more interested in pushing narratives than telling the truth. A system that feels more for the criminal than the victim.