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Conservative firebrand Kayleigh McEnany ripped into veteran journalist Katie Couric this weekend after Couric’s podcast ambush of Sen. John Fetterman, calling the line of questioning “disgusting” and a shameful example of mainstream media bias that mocks the grief of real Americans. McEnany joined Fox & Friends Weekend and didn’t mince words, telling hardworking patriots that the media’s reflex to weaponize tragedy against conservatives is both cruel and cowardly.
The exchange happened on Couric’s “Next Question” podcast on November 13, 2025, when she pressed Fetterman to denounce the late Charlie Kirk and his rhetoric, even questioning whether honors like a flight home on Air Force Two were appropriate. Couric’s tone and framing were unmistakably aimed at getting Fetterman to validate the left’s narrative that conservative speech somehow invites violence, a disingenuous “gotcha” that should disgust anyone claiming to care about honest journalism.
Sen. Fetterman, to his credit, refused to take the bait, calling political violence unacceptable and insisting that grieving families should not be used as talking points in a media ambush. He made clear he wouldn’t exploit a man’s murder to score rhetorical points, emphasizing the need to lower the temperature in American political life rather than hurl more gas on the fire. That principled response was precisely the kind of common-sense decency the country needs, and conservatives ought to applaud him for refusing to play Couric’s game.
McEnany’s reaction wasn’t an outlier; other conservative voices sounded the alarm about Couric’s line of questioning, arguing the veteran journalist crossed a line by trying to cajole a Democrat into condemning a murdered conservative icon. This is media malpractice dressed up as probing journalism — a performance meant to humiliate and polarize rather than illuminate facts for the public. Viewers saw through it immediately, and the backlash was swift and justified.
Even voices inside Washington piled on, with former Trump administration officials and allies calling Couric’s approach “sickening” and insisting she should have spent more time learning who Charlie Kirk was before weaponizing his death for partisan gain. This isn’t about defending rhetoric we agree with; it’s about defending the basic decency of discourse and refusing to let the press turn human tragedy into political theater. Conservatives are right to push back against that.
The White House itself didn’t hold back, publicly rebuking Couric’s line of questioning and calling out the moral bankruptcy of journalists who try to manufacture consent for vilifying the dead. When the establishment press traffics in such ugliness, it’s no surprise that millions of Americans have lost faith in legacy media and are turning to outlets that actually respect free speech and the dignity of the grieving.
At a time when America needs healing, the last thing the country needs is sanctimonious punditry that pretends outrage is virtue. Hardworking Americans know better than to let the media manipulate grief into a cudgel against beliefs they don’t like, and conservative commentators will keep calling out these abuses until journalists start doing their jobs again — reporting truth, not faking moral superiority.
