ABC, CBS OMIT Palisades Firebug and His Luigi Mangione Fixation
Jorge Bonilla
May 4th, 2026 11:12 PM
The Elitist Media evening newscasts rightly accorded significant coverage to last year's deadly Southern California wildfires. It is therefore unfortunate that they seem mostly disinterested in covering the arrest and revealed motive of the individual suspected in starting the Palisades Fire.
ABC and CBS did NOT cover the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht. ABC covered the end of the litigation between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, while CBS covered the Met Gala. There was simply no time to spare.
NBC Nightly News did cover it. Here’s the report in its entirety as aired on Monday, May 4th, 2026:
TOM LLAMAS: We're back now with new and disturbing details behind the deadly Palisades wildfire. Prosecutors now revealing the suspect may have been inspired by Luigi Mangione. Here’s Steve Patterson.
STEVE PATTERSON: Tonight, new insight into the man accused of sparking last year's deadly Palisades Fire. An inferno that reduced neighborhoods to ash and left 12 dead. Court documents revealing the accused arsonist, 30-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, was fixated on Luigi Mangione, the man charged with a high-profile murder of a health care CEO in 2024. According to federal filings, Rinderknecht’s search history included “free Luigi Mangione,” and “let's kill all the billionaires.”
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