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Traditional media is eager to restore “Republican slam” in their reports Murdered by 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.
Recently released a video of Zarutska’s murder in Charlotte, North Carolina last month, distributed on social media. The clip shows 34-year-old Decarlos Brown Jr. standing behind her on a light rail train and stabbing her repeatedly in the neck with a pocket knife. Brown is charged with first-degree murder, Facing federal charges now.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt launched an attack on Tuesday, criticizing media reports.
“Perhaps the most shameful thing is that most media – many in this room – think her murder was not worth reporting at first because it didn’t fit the preferred narrative.”
Zarutska was stabbed in the throat with a folding knife on August 22 as a random attack. (News via Charlotte Regional Transportation Systems | GoFundMe)
Most of the reports focus on the right’s response to murder, not the crime itself.
The New York Times Titled “A creepy murder in North Carolina covered up the attack and ignited the fire on the right.” The article called the killing “an accelerated argument about the crime, race and the big-city justice system and the failed conservative arguments of mainstream news media in the Trump era.”
“The anger at the Charlotte killing is part of President Trump and his allies highlighting the horrible crimes to strengthen their case, which Mr. Trump said in his first inaugural address, although statistics show crime is falling. Reported time.
Politico puts a similar framework on the title, “Ukrainian refugees killed in North Carolina were dragged into the political messaging war.”
“A young refugee from Ukraine was killed in a random attack in North Carolina and is being pulled into the American cultural war,” Politico began reporting. It is worth noting that Politico’s report does not include images of Zarutska or Brown, nor does it notice their game, but does feature President Donald Trump’s image.
Titled “Stub Video Fuel Magazine Crime Information”, Axios tells readers that “the number of surveillance cameras on Charlotte’s light rail, including public places, has become large in these situations.”
“Magazine influencers are paying attention to violent attacks to raise urban crime and accusing mainstream media of not being enough to cover up shocking cases,” he said. Axios wrote. The media added that surveillance videos “are easily shared or leaked and can be pollinated immediately on social media – a visual opposition to statistics showing crime reduction.”
The New York Times first reported on the murder of Iryna Zarutska, focusing on the “fire on the right.” (Fox News figures)
The Associated Press ran away title “Charlotte leaders criticized Marg for killing Ukrainian women for Trump, and Mecca targeted another city of Dem,” he noted that the attacks quickly attracted the attention of President Donald Trump and Marg allies who blamed Democrats for talking about the control of the blue city. ”
CNN media analyst Brian Stelter said the fatal stabbing was used as a “political symbol” by “pro-Trump activists” and “maga media” to promote tougher punishments and more incarceration, and condemned what he described as racist response to the attack.
“Most murders in the United States never became national news. There are several reasons why we are paying attention. First, first, the creepy video. Second, the energy of Pro-Trump activists. They got the video from local news and played it with it.”
“I have to say some of the replies to Musk, some of the comments about this story are bald racists, shocked by the fear of African Americans because this man attacked a white woman.” “The public racism on sites like X is eye-catching now. But there are reasonable questions about this so-called professional criminal, and there are people who are repeat offenders. And, with these questions, I hope they don’t lose all the comments in all the sewage treatments on social media.”
CNN media analyst Brian Stelter calls for the murder of 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Iryna Zarutska. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images)
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Rolling Stone also criticized a report released on Monday for “racist propaganda” that “thrives” on social media by Zarutska’s murder, saying: “Some people on the far right scattered the camera and uncovered the images from it to further the racist agenda.”
“Reducing Zarutzka’s cruel and inappropriate death to racist memes also eliminates the role of mental health – a role that Republicans are happy to propose whenever there are white mass shooters shooting Americans in cold blood – may have played a role in horrible crimes,” he said. Rolling Stone wrote. “However, for extremists, it’s very convenient to hope that Trump continues to weaponize federal resources, as this spin validates their authoritarian impulses and resentment politics that push their leaders to power first. With more details, you can expect them to milk all of this outrageous crime.”
Zarutska came to the United States when he fled the war-torn Ukraine after Russia’s invasion in 2022. She worked at a pizzeria in Charlotte and was still wearing her uniform the night of the attack after 9:45 pm on August 22.
The records obtained by Fox News Digital Show Brown have been arrested more than a dozen times over the past decade. His beliefs include felony theft and felony break-in into 2013, and a conviction of robbery with dangerous weapons in 2015, sending him to jail for more than six years. He was released in 2020 but has been on parole until 2021. Recent allegations include communications earlier this year with threats and abuse of the 911 system.
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