🗞️ Story file #878
Defense seeks 2029 trial date for Charlie Kirk's accused killer
Oct 23, 11 AM ET to Oct 24, 5 AM ET
- 20outlets carried it
- 🫏7 · 3 · 10🐘left · center · right
- 18 hourson the front pages
- 20front pages at once, at its peak
- 21 sof TV captions
- 1radio newscast
- 1 of 2parts of a saga
👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.
- Oct 23, 11 AM ETfirst on a front page: The Independent
- Oct 23, 8 PM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
- Oct 23, 10 PM ETpeak: on 20 front pages
- Oct 23, 11 PM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
📰 Spread
the front pages that ran it, hour by hour
💬 quoted: “Grossly Out of Line” 5 “absurd” 2 “out of line” 3
🗣️ only one side says: 🫏 kirk's killing 🫏 killing want 🐘 tyler robinson 🐘 tyler robinson's
✏️ 3 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- ABC News (2 wordings): “Charlie Kirk's family wants capital murder trial to start next year: Court filing” → “Latest on Charlie Kirk murder case”
- Fox News (2 wordings): “Judge stalls setting trial date for Charlie Kirk's accused killer amid clash over timing” → “Tyler Robinson hearing ends without trial date set, prompting fiery plea from Erika Kirk's lawyer”
- Reuters (2 wordings): “Tyler Robinson requests 2029 trial for alleged murder of Charlie Kirk” → “Judge puts off decision on Charlie Kirk murder trial date, media reports”
Every outlet's first headline (20), left to right by AllSides rating
ABC News
Charlie Kirk's family wants capital murder trial to start next year: Court filing Oct 23, 6 AM ET
AP
Defense attorneys in Charlie Kirk’s killing want to have a trial in 2029 Oct 23, 10 PM ET
CNN
Defense lawyers in Charlie Kirk’s killing want a 2029 trial. Kirk’s widow calls that ‘out of line’ Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Los Angeles Times
Defense attorneys in case of Charlie Kirk’s killing say they need years to prepare for trial Oct 23, 4 PM ET
NBC News
Defense attorneys in Charlie Kirk's killing say they need several years to prepare for trial Oct 23, 7 AM ET
PBS NewsHour
Defense attorneys in case over Charlie Kirk's killing say they need years to prepare for trial Oct 23, 7 PM ET
The Independent
Erika Kirk blasts ‘absurd’ bid by Charlie Kirk’s accused killer to delay trial until 2029 Oct 23, 11 AM ET
Reuters
Tyler Robinson requests 2029 trial for alleged murder of Charlie Kirk Oct 23, 6 PM ET
Scripps News
U.S. News Defense attorneys in Charlie Kirk's killing say they need years to prepare AP via Scripps News Group Oct 23, 1 PM ET
Straight Arrow News
Attorneys for accused Charlie Kirk killer want trial delayed until 2029, four years after shooting Oct 23, 11 AM ET
Just the News
Attorneys for man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk say years may be needed to prepare for trial Oct 23, 10 AM ET
The Sun
WIDOW'S FURY Erika Kirk blasts 'out of line' move in murder suspect Tyler Robinson's trial Oct 23, 10 AM ET
Washington Examiner
Erika Kirk calls 2029 trial date for Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer ‘grossly out of line’ Oct 22, 11 PM ET
Fox News
Judge stalls setting trial date for Charlie Kirk's accused killer amid clash over timing Oct 23, 9 PM ET
New York Post
Erika Kirk rips ‘absurd’ proposal by Tyler Robinson’s legal team to delay murder trial to 2029 Oct 22, 10 PM ET
Newsmax
Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Seeks 2029 Trial Oct 23, 7 AM ET
Red State
New: Charlie Kirk’s Accused Killer Wants to Delay His Murder Trial an Absurdly Long Time Oct 23, 2 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
Tyler Robinson’s Lawyers Seek to Delay Charlie Kirk Murder Trial Until 2029 — Family Calls It ‘Grossly Out of Line’ Oct 23, 9 PM ET
The Post Millennial
Erika Kirk demands a speedy trial after defense proposes Tyler Robinson not face justice until 2029 Oct 23, 9 AM ET
The Western Journal
Erika Kirk Furious About 'Grossly Out of Line' Proposal for Tyler Robinson Trial Oct 23, 1 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it
📺 On TV
- TYLER ROBINSON'S DEFENSE ASKS FOR 2029 TRIAL Fox News, 21 s
📻 On the radio
- NPR News Now, Oct 23, 8:09 PM ET: story 5 of 7
🧶 Retelling
what people online made of it
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Charlie Kirk Erika Kirk Tyler Robinson Defense attorneys
🔎 Checking
what the fact-checkers looked into
🧐 No fact-checker has taken it on yet.
🧵 Persistence
the running story it belongs to
🧵 Trump vs. Kirk trial
Defense seeks 2029 trial date for Charlie Kirk's accused killer (this story)
Oct 23, 11 AM ET
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Oct 23, 7 PM ET