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This week’s media tantrum over Chicago Cubs third baseman Matt Shaw reads like a parody of modern journalism: Shaw missed the Sept. 21, 2025 game against the Cincinnati Reds to attend the memorial for Charlie Kirk, a man who was senselessly murdered while speaking at Utah Valley University. The hard truth is patriotism, faith, and loyalty aren’t allowed in today’s newsroom unless they fit a preferred political script, and Shaw paid the price for choosing conscience over camera-friendly consensus.
Shaw didn’t sneak off or shirk responsibility; he told reporters he was personally invited by Erika Kirk and had the team’s blessing to attend a memorial for a friend and neighbor from his Arizona apartment complex. This was a human decision rooted in faith and friendship, not a political stunt, and the mainstream coverage that tried to paint it otherwise exposed the media’s eagerness to weaponize every personal choice.
Predictably, the narrative push came from the usual broadcasters who equate devotion with dereliction when the devotion isn’t woke-approved, with on-air figures openly questioning his loyalty to the team. That criticism might play well in liberal think tanks and Twitter piles, but it reeks of the same performative patriotism we’ve seen when conservatives dare to live by their principles in public.
Shaw answered like a man of faith: he said he was “not concerned at all” about backlash and that attending the memorial was important to him, plain and simple. The Cubs organization, and veteran teammates, reportedly supported his decision — a reminder that locker rooms often value character more than virtue-signaling pundits do.
Let’s be clear about what this episode shows: the media elites would rather shame someone for honoring a slain friend than allow space for grief, faith, and personal conviction. Americans who still believe in religion, family, and free conscience should stand with Matt Shaw — not because he’s a celebrity, but because he chose humanity over headlines and refused to let the mob dictate his mourning.
If conservatives want to stop losing these culture battles, we must call out the double standard and rally behind people who act from faith and decency, even when the cameras are watching. The press can bark, the cancel crowd can howl, but our movement is built on courage and loyalty — qualities Matt Shaw displayed when he honored a friend in his hour of need.
