“The media has, on this, dropped the ball completely,” Concha said on Monday during Fox News’s Jesse Watters Primetime<\/em>. “They were great after 9\/11 (and) we’re a long way from 9\/11 and unity because of social media and gaming, because this shooter thought he was looking at an avatar and not a human being and a father.” <\/p>\n

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<\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\nConcha criticized the comments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3801584\/msnbc-under-fire-for-tone-on-reporting-charlie-kirk-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MSNBC anchor Katy Tur<\/a> made during her broadcast in the moments after news broke that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3805043\/what-to-know-timeline-charlie-kirk-killing-tyler-robinson-manhunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirk was shot at Utah Valley University<\/a>. <\/p>\nConcha said Tur raised questions during her broadcast whether the Trump administration and Republican politicians were going to “exploit Charlie” for “political gain.”<\/p>\nDuring the coverage, Tur asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3802466\/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">then-MSNBC commentator<\/a> Matthew Dowd “about the “environment in which a shooting like this happens.”<\/p>\n“We don’t know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration. So we have no idea about this,” Dowd said in response. <\/p>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3802466\/msnbc-analyst-matthew-dowd-fired-charlie-kirk-remarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">network fired Dowd <\/a>and apologized, calling his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-republicans-urge-trump-to-stay-away-from-harris-dei-controversy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans urge Trump to stay away from Harris DEI controversy ... Washington Examiner\">comments &ldquo<\/a>;unacceptable.” <\/p>\nConcha also slammed the people who have been celebrating Kirk’s death online. <\/p>\n“All these people who are doctors, lawyers, professors going online and celebrating the death of a man who was the father of a 3-year-old girl, a young 1-year-old boy, a loving husband to a beautiful, courageous, fearless wife in Erika, and the only son of a mother and father,” Concha said. “If I saw that kind of celebration, Jesse, they would be gone out of my company in a millisecond.” <\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3809689\/shapiro-trump-white-house-cherry-pick-political-violence-condemn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JOSH SHAPIRO CALLS ON WHITE HOUSE TO NOT ‘CHERRY PICK’ POLITICAL VIOLENCE TO CONDEMN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nHe said he’s “terrified” and “mortified” by “these freaks” on BlueSky and in legacy media. <\/p>\nConcha praised the debates that Kirk organized on college campuses across the country. 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