framing

Tragic and ironic, since Kirk saw himself as a champion of free speech, even as his critics often disagreed with that framing.

Some commentators and social media users suggested the suspect may have been a groyper, framing the killing as part of a bitter internal feud within the far-right.

Media scholars call it episodic framing: a focus on individuals rather than systems.

This framing positions the violence as a targeted assault on conservative viewpoints rather than isolated extremism.

The problem is that advocates have been framing the issue all wrong, researcher Elliot Haspel argues in his new book, “Raising A Nation.”