How to feed the death of Charlie Kerk, the content machine

Minutes of news that the right effect is the right -wing Charlie Kerk was shot At an event on the planned campus at the University of Utah Valley, the wheels of cultivating social media and chasing influence already in life began.

Kirk, although in his thirties, was the main pillar on the campus of universities throughout the country, where students groups invited him regularly to hold the events of “discussing me”. Classic coordination-the vertical screen of the Kake at the bottom, a student speaker at the top-achieved millions of views as the right-wing influence was launched with the children of universities who challenge it in issues such as migration, abortion and race in the United States. The event started on Wednesday like any other account: Kirk account was published Holding clipsAnd the students made great jokes about Kirk’s arrival, which is now a frightening prophetic prophet. (“The thing that I fear more in college has become the truth of the day LMAO”, a video clip showing the preparation of the event, which was now deleted, was suspended.

After confirmation of the shooting but before the Kerk condition was unknown, I looked for his name for Tiktok for his name; The social media content machine was already moving. Tiktok has been scattered with random people carrying the microphone and do the best impression of the news anchor, read the main headlines and sometimes spread inaccuracy. Some people photographed themselves a “reaction” to the news, and it is assumed that a shock of slaughter. In one of the most surreal content, the Tiktok user with just less than 150,000 followers who were present at this event in Utah pulled his phone and started to do so Record a personal photo video From chaos after shooting Kirk. “It is your older son Tiktok,” he says while students run to cover those around him. “I released the shots! The shots were released!” In the end, he throws a peace mark, urged viewers to subscribe to his page. (Tiktoker deleted the video and finally displayed apology))

But perhaps the forms of creating the most shocking content of dark individuals who flourish for 15 minutes come, but from those who occupy the highest offices in the country. The first report that Kirk died came from a local news reporter on X, who quote Speaker of the House of Representatives in Utah Mike Schultz. Soon after, Donald Trump was weighing – not in a statement from the White House, but On the social truth. “Charlie Kerk Kirk, and even legendary, died.” One by one, assurances hanging in: from Right -wing news programsand Laura LoomerAnd in the end of Kirk spokesman.

Prospect crimes and urgent news inevitably lead to misleading information in the wake of this-but it is noticeable about the ecosystem of information after the killing of Kirk is the one who sows confusion. Minutes before an official press conference to present updates, FBI director Cash Patel Take a roll of victory On X: “The theme of the terrible shooting today that Charlie Kerk’s life now took a detainee. Thank you for the local and state authorities in Utah on your partnership with FBI”, written partially. A few minutes later, Utah’s officials seemed to contradict Patel, saying that the search for the suspect was still ongoing. When a reporter asked about the position of Patel, the officials said they had a “person interested” in the seizure that was interviewed. Soon after, Patel RetreatSaying “the topic in the reservation” was released after “interrogation”.

Deputy director Patel and FBI deputy director Dan Bonjino Loew Publishing: In suit It has been presented this week, and FBI officials say they were directed by Patel and Bonjino to exchange more FBI’s victory over the Internet. One of the FBI officials who made an concern that “the focus that was put on creating content for his social media pages may risk superiority of more deliberate analyzes of investigations,” According to the lawsuit. For men responsible for the Federal Intelligence Agency, which works on one of the most prominent crimes of this year, it seems that the deployment of premature information is inaccurate about the influence on X has the precedence over accuracy. The official Bongino government account X republished Patel’s initial claim, but not clarifying the follow -up.

By the end of the night, with the apparent shooting of loose and more answers, the White House had woven Glossy video Trump includes, Blame Kirk killing On the “radical left” and pledge to follow up “the organizations that finance and support (political violence).” As of Thursday morning, officials said they are tracking the suspect-believed to be a man of the age of the college-but they did not provide more.

Amid the dirty and confusing official data, the online content device remained in the background. Draw a disturbing video clip for shooting An autopsy accompanying abstractsThe theories of conspiracy acquires dragging, and weighing ordinary people as if they had a unique vision. And why they do not do? We are in an era in which anything is criticized, regardless of its hatred, violence or error. The surprise was not to get our phones when a national political figure was depicted in front of 3000 people. What is newly felt is the one who admires the fire, and who pollutes the well of information – and the content they dream about the next time this happens.