UK controlled MSM, just doing what UK controlled MSM does....
The issue is that they prominent guy they managed to actually murder in public is the worst case scenario for them: someone who is so sympathetic that everyone with a heart can empathize with the horror of what was done. he's a guy who engaged in open dialogue - not arguing or cajoling or canceling - with people politely and convincingly. He was a young man, a family man, with a wonderful young family with little children, and he was a public figure but not some politician or manufactured media shill talking head.
They know they MUST defend the assasination and/or make it go away but the more they say (blaming Charlie, saying he deserved it, celebrating - or gaslighitng people that it was MAGA) them more people are disgusted. They're trapped in a corner where they created an army of nutters that are only compliant as long as they keep feeding them red meat. As Winston Churchill said, they were feeding people to the crocodiles - figuratively via cancel culture and literally with their crime policies - hoping they would be eaten last. They dare not stop the feeding but the more they do, the worse it gets for them right now.
Has there ever been a Left-Wing activist?