The legacy media are fighting the motive narrative battle with the intensity of the last Japanese soldier in the Philippine jungles after the end of World War II. CBS, in particular, is insisting on a lack of motive in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Watch as anchor John Dickerson sets up the longform interview segment on CBS Evening News Plus with both statements dismissing a finding of motive, and an alternative theory: Nihilistic, violent extremism:
JOHN DICKERSON: Five days after Charlie Kirk's murder, the shooter's motive remains elusive. No writings left behind. Vague, secondhand testimony. That uncertainty, and the risk of drawing sweeping conclusions, suggests the murder may share similarities with recent violence not driven by an obvious political ideology. The FBI recently recognized a new category: nihilistic, violent extremism.
