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Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event

Influencer Hasan Piker performed a song mocking the late Charlie Kirk during a live event, as reported by multiple right-rated outlets.

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Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event

What this story says

  • Hasan Piker sang the song 'We Are Charlie Kirk' during a live event.
  • Right-rated outlets reported Piker's performance as mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
  • The event took place as the anniversary of Charlie Kirk's death approached.
  • Turning Point USA announced an event to honor Charlie Kirk on the anniversary of his death.

Who covered it

Left 3%(1)Centre 3%(1)Right 94%(33)

Percentages are shares of the 35 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 4 of the 39 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

30/100

Craft

51/100

Hype

65/100

39 sources · methodology

Missing from the left

Only 1 of the 35 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.

A reader who follows the left would not have seen this. We report the absence rather than explain it: outlets choose what to cover for many reasons, and we have no evidence about which one applies here.

Influencer Hasan Piker sang the song 'We Are Charlie Kirk' during a live event. Multiple right-rated news outlets reported on the performance, characterizing it as a mockery of the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The event occurred as the anniversary of Kirk's death approached. Separately, Turning Point USA announced an event to honor Charlie Kirk on the anniversary of his death.

Disagreement on the event's nature

The Gateway Pundit reported that Hasan Piker sang the song 'mocking and trivializing Kirk’s murder'. The outlet also stated that Mike Cernovich shared a video of Piker’s 'disturbing behavior'. In contrast, Gazeta Do Povo reported that 'some on the left had ironized or even celebrated the death of the conservative activist', without specifically mentioning Piker's performance.

What the coverage left out

None of the right-rated reports mention the arrest of the shooter, Tyler James Robinson, or the details of the upcoming Turning Point USA event to honor Charlie Kirk, beyond its announcement.

Coverage settled. We checked this 64 times and stopped on 29 Aug 2026, 23:00. The figures above are what it finished at.

How other outlets pictured it

Which photograph to run is each newsroom’s own choice. The leaning beside a name is that outlet’s published rating, not a claim that the pictures divide along it. Every picture is shown from the outlet’s own server and links to the article it ran in.

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Gazeta Do Povo

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the left coverage of this story. The left-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Centre

1 rated outlet

We have not written our reading of the centre coverage of this story. The centre-rated outlets that ran it are listed below.

Right

33 rated outlets

  • Right-rated reports focused on Hasan Piker singing the song 'We Are Charlie Kirk' during a live event. These reports consistently described the performance as mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The Gateway Pundit stated Piker 'showed, once again, his ghoulish nature' and that he was 'mocking and trivializing Kirk’s murder'. Mike Cernovich and Jack Posobiec were cited for sharing videos of the performance. Hugh Hewitt was quoted as calling Piker 'the Democratic Party’s top influencer' and a 'hate-monger'. Other outlets like Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion and Zero Hedge used headlines such as 'Assassination Sing-A-Long: Hasan Piker Mocks The Murdered Charlie Kirk To Cheering Crowd'. Washington Examiner reported Piker was 'called 'evil' for singing 'We Are Charlie Kirk' at live show'. Breitbart's headline stated, 'Hasan Piker Mocks Charlie Kirk by Singing Tribute Song'. TrendingPolitics described Piker as a 'Far-Left Content Creator' who 'Celebrates Charlie Kirk's Death'. News Addicts noted Piker 'mocks Charlie Kirk's death during live show'. Jonathan Turley's report stated Piker 'mocks the murdered Charlie Kirk to cheering crowd'. [your]NEWS reported Piker 'Mocks Charlie Kirk Murder During Live Tour Appearance'. RedState asked, 'Do Dems Stand With This? Hasan Piker's Vile Rendition of 'We Are Charlie Kirk' Song'. Democratic Accent reported Piker 'sings mocking 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song'. Fox News stated Piker was 'seen singing mocking 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song'. Townhall reported Piker 'Is Gloating Over Charlie Kirk's Death'. Twitchy reported Piker 'Mocks Charlie Kirk’s Assassination on Stage'. The Post Millennial noted Piker 'mocks Charlie Kirk’s death while dressed up like Chairman Mao'.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event?
Of the 35 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 3% are rated left, 3% are rated centre, 94% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 39. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event left or right?
The story itself is neither. What can be counted is who has covered it, and 94% of the 35 rated outlets on it are rated right — so far this is a story carried mostly by the right. Coverage of this one has settled, so that is unlikely to move much now.
Is the coverage of Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event biased?
Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event is one event reported by 39 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which side is not reporting Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event?
When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
Which outlets covered Hasan Piker sang 'We Are Charlie Kirk' song at live event?
39 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What did Hasan Piker do?
Hasan Piker sang the song 'We Are Charlie Kirk' during a live event. Multiple right-rated news outlets reported on this performance, characterizing it as a mockery of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
When did Charlie Kirk die?
Charlie Kirk was assassinated on September 10, 2025. The event where Hasan Piker sang the song occurred as the anniversary of Kirk's death approached.
What is Turning Point USA doing?
Turning Point USA announced an event to honor Charlie Kirk on the anniversary of his death. The event is planned to take place at the University Utah Valley, where Kirk was killed.

Read it at the source

39 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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1

Right

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4

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