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When the so-called hard-hitting interview turned into a cheap gotcha bait, Sen. John Fetterman did something too few in Washington do anymore: he held his ground. Instead of taking the scripted left-wing trap and calling President Trump names, Fetterman refused to indulge the hysteria and repeatedly pushed back on the premise of the questioning.
Katie Couric tried to steer the conversation toward alarmist labels and political theater, pressing Fetterman to brand Trump an autocrat and to denounce conservative figures in the aftermath of tragedy. The exchange exposed how legacy journalists reflexively reach for sensationalism rather than sober reporting, and Fetterman would not play along with the bait.
Couric even pivoted to asking whether the late activist’s honors were “over the top” and whether his rhetoric should be blamed, a line of questioning that smelled like moral equivalence and blame-shifting. Fetterman answered the only decent way a public official can — by condemning violence outright and refusing to use a grieving moment to score cheap political points.
Fox’s Outnumbered panel was right to call the interview what it was: another example of the media twisting tragedy to divide Americans and to shame anyone who refuses to join their outrage mob. Conservative commentators on the show pointed out that this is exactly how the establishment press tries to manufacture consent and punish independent thinking.
Across the right, commentators thanked Fetterman for refusing to validate the very rhetoric that leads to violence, and they rightly excoriated the media for trying to frame grief as permission to vilify political opponents. The real story isn’t some manufactured feud between journalists and politicians — it’s the elite media’s ongoing campaign to stoke division and to excuse the unacceptable by pretending outrage is reasoned debate.
Hardworking Americans see through this game. They don’t want anchors and podcast hosts playing prosecutor with their emotions any more than they want elected officials fanning flames for ratings; they want leaders who protect free speech, condemn violence, and act with common sense rather than performative fury.
If we’re serious about restoring decency and unity, we have to stop rewarding the media’s worst instincts. Reject the outrage industrial complex, honor the victims without weaponizing their deaths, and demand journalism that reports facts instead of manufacturing division.
