Hugh Hewitt: How Do You Cover Forgiveness?

Friday, September 26, 2025

"How do we cover that?"

That had to have been the topic on the table of those newsrooms on Monday morning following the memorial service for my colleague Charlie Kirk on Sunday.

Much of post-modern media simply lacks basic fluency in the language used and the truth claims affirmed by the speakers.

Erika Kirk made a heart-breaking and deeply moving public forgiveness of her husband’s assassin—modeling the words of the first Christian martyr, Stephen, as he prayed for his persecutors.

I expect most news organizations to continue to “flee the scene” or force the Christian memorial into a political moment.

But the real story—the enduring “story” is one that Christians routinely refer to as “the greatest story ever told” and one which we believe to be objectively true. Bravo to the outlets with the courage to grapple with the most consequential part of Charlie Kirk’s life: His impact on the infinite timeline of millions of human souls.

… well done, Charlie.

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