Photo courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library President Trump amplified online calls for a “Charlie Kirk Act” aimed at ensuring media accountability, after sharing a viral TikTok video that demanded such legislation be named in honor of Kirk. The video blamed media “lies and hateful rhetoric” for fueling hostility that led to his death, and urged Trump to make it “impossible” for the press to mislead Americans. Supporters link the idea to reviving the Smith-Mundt Act of 1948, which originally regulated U.S. government information and propaganda programs abroad. The law was amended under Obama to allow domestic access to State Department media products, effectively permitting U.S. government propaganda to be published, circulated, and distributed within the country. Renaming it the “Charlie Kirk Act” would…
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