Fired MSNBC analyst defends remarks about Charlie Kirk, says network caved to 'mob'

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Former MSNBC analyst Matthew Dowd tries to defend him against Charlie Kirk This week, a “mob” slipped on Friday at his former employer.

Dowd was deleted by Progress Network After the suggestion The “hate” rhetoric of conservative activists prompted the shooting in Utah that ultimately claimed his life, but he insisted he did not know Kirk was the victim when he spoke.

“At MSNBC, I have spoken nearly 1,000 times on a variety of topics and have always condemned gun violence and any kind of political violence.

“Remember, when the anchor came to me for comments about the ‘Ethnic Environment’, the only thing I knew at the time was that shooting was being shot and there was no report saying Kirk was the target or being shot. I said at that moment that we needed to get the facts, we didn’t know what this is because we didn’t know what this is because it might be someone who could celebrate the gun. Go on.

MSNBC fires analyst Matthew Dowd’s ‘unacceptable’ comment on Charlie Kirk

Charlie Kirk spoke before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/deseret News AP)

Morality (Dowd) tries to connect his comments, accusing Kirk Massacre Describes survivors of Germany in the 1930s and how they came up with “#ItStartedWithWords”.

“And I say my current legendary attitude, ‘Abominable thoughts lead to damn words, and ultimately damn actions.’ I wonder how I could have disagreed with that. “The right-wing media mob stopped, chased me on numerous platforms, and MSNBC responded to that mob. Although most people at MSNBC know that my words are misunderstood, I forgot my words (remember, I said that before anyone knows Kirk is a target), and any misunderstanding of me has my termination, my termination, my end is my end.

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Moral comments in the news report on MSNBC’s assassination of Kirk have sparked opposition from social media.

Prior to the firing, MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler issued a statement calling ethical comments “inappropriate, insensitive and unacceptable” and apologized.

On Friday, senior executives at MSNBC’s current parent company Comcast and soon-to-be-parent Versant condemned the insensitive coverage.

“You may have seen that MSNBC recently ended an unacceptable and insensitive comments about this horrible incident with a contributor,” Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, President Mike Cavanagh, and potential Versant Ceo CEO Mark Lazarus wrote in a memo to employees. “This kind of reporting is inconsistent with the perception of promoting civil dialogue and willingness to listen to those who have dissent. We should be able to disagree, firm, passionate, but ultimately, respect. We need to do better.”

Comcast executive scolds employees for “doing better” in assassination of Charlie Kirk