Axios Plants the Seeds to Help Media Excuse Non-Reporting of Ukrainian Woman’s Murder

 Legal Insurrection 

I can’t wait to see how the media will respond now that Axios has given them a way out.

 "Yes, we’ve entered the “Republicans pounce” phase concerning the brutal murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC.

 "They aren’t mad that a young woman with the rest of her life ahead

 of her is gone.  "They are mad that “MAGA influencers” noticed.

"Zarutska fled to America to escape the war. She wanted a new beginning.

"Axios has taken the lead for all other mainstream media to make excuses as to why hardly any of them have covered Zarutska’s murder.

The gruesome video of the fatal knife attack on Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail car in Charlotte is drawing attention from MAGA influencers seeking to elevate the issue of violent urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases. https://t.co/OIj3FYfDLE . . .  Stabbing video fuels MAGA’s crime message."From Axios:

"MAGA influencers are drawing repeated attention to violent attacks to elevate the issue of urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases.

• Shocking video of the fatal Aug. 22 knife attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail car in Charlotte, North Carolina, dominated weekend conversation on Trump-friendly social media.   pic.twitter.com/ynRSSfZxkf" .  

  The gruesome video of the fatal knife attack on Iryna Zarutska on a light-rail car in Charlotte is drawing attention from MAGA influencers seeking to elevate the issue of violent urban crime — and accuse mainstream media of under-covering shocking cases. https://t.co/OIj3FYfDLE

  — Axios (@axios) September 8, 2025