What are they supposed to be saying? The guy is dead, the perp is caught. Story over. Also it’s on the other side of the planet and nobody in America gives a damn or even heard of the guy before he got killed. From an American media point of view this story is 150% over. Heck even from the Japanese point of view, there’s nothing to report. Abe is still dead. And no there is no possible Chinese connection.
Really, see postm27. The Chinese Foreign Minister could barely contain his glee at Abe’s death when making an official response. Abe and Chicoms, Rushdie and Iranian clerics. There truly are conspiratorial elites with long memories and absolute determination. Of course Abe and Donald Trump had a close working relationship dating back before DJT was President so the media have an interest in minimizing the significance of this event.