Sinclair Quietly Backs Out of Airing Charlie Kirk Special Amid Kimmel Suspension, Offers YouTube Link Instead

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Source: MEDIAite

Sep 20th, 2025, 3:19 pm


Sinclair, which owns hundreds of ABC affiliate stations, backed out of airing a remembrance of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, posting a YouTube link instead.

Sinclair was one of the broadcast groups to take issue with late night host Jimmy Kimmel’s comments related to Kirk’s murder. Kirk was shot and killed during an event at a Utah college campus. Tyler Robinson has since been charged with the murder.

Kimmel found himself facing an indefinite suspension by ABC after he accused MAGA of “desperately” trying to paint Robinson as “anything other than one of them.” “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” he said.

ABC’s suspension decision was preceded by FCC Chair Brendan Carr taking issue publicly with Kimmel and Nexstar, which owns dozens of affiliate channels, saying they would preempt Kimmel’s show for the foreseeable future.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/sinclair-quietly-backs-out-of-airing-charlie-kirk-special-amid-kimmel-suspension-offers-youtube-link-instead/

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to SamuelTheThird for this thread - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220660354

(I checked and whoomp there it was! )

[Marthe48]

1. We shall overcome!

We are not afraid

Now, we return you to epstein! and the pedo-files!

[C_U_L8R]

2. MONEY trumps MAGA

Sorry clowns, profit comes before you and your bubblehead martyr bro.

[msongs]

3. maybe they decided viewership would be low for such a tribute

[Silent Type]

4. Good to know they are feeling a little heat.

[FakeNoose]

5. I just checked my local listings in Pittsburgh

There's only one broadcast channel that has the Kirk memorial and it's a tiny station I've never heard of - "America's Real Choice."
For everyone else it's a regular football Sunday. Even our local Fox channel has the football games & sports shows on tomorrow.

[LisaM]

6. Probably didn't have a full hour of material. n/t

[ms liberty]

7. Per the article, as of 3:19 pm, only 6000 views of the CK special

[IbogaProject]

8. Some one looked at Charlie K's life & words

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Likely amature production quality. And maybe somebody there really looked into Charlie K's words and realised his lowbrow hate wouldn't reflect well on themselves if they supported it by airing it.

[OnionPatch]

11. That was my exact first thought!

Someone actually read the words of this "great American" and realized how offensive they were.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

9. Go MAGA, go broke.

[Marie Marie]

10. Well well well - very interesting...