{"id":5906,"date":"2025-09-25T17:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=5906"},"modified":"2025-09-25T17:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T17:31:05","slug":"the-moral-cowardice-is-breathtaking-internet-reacts-as-sinclair-moves-charlie-kirk-special-online-instead-of-replacing-jimmy-kimmel-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/?p=5906","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The moral cowardice is breathtaking&#8221;: Internet reacts as Sinclair moves Charlie Kirk special online instead of replacing &#8216;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sinclair Broadcast Group pulled a notably promoted Charlie Kirk tribute special minutes before it was scheduled to air on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they opted to stick with regular ABC programming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 11:24 p.m. Eastern, Sinclair stations rolled out a rerun of <em>Family Feud<\/em> rather than replacing <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>. This last-minute switch has fueled an online discussion. One netizen reacted, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1969257245981491376\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">saying<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The Charlie Kirk special was initially announced as a replacement for Kimmel&#8217;s late-night slot. It was instead uploaded to YouTube by National News Desk. The company explained this in the following statement:<\/p>\n<p>Netizens were notably quick to weigh in on the comment section of the X post as they voiced their opinions. Below are some of their remarks:<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_phone\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CIzfkrO49I8DFWzvEQgdhNghtQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,23030081981\/AdThrive_Content_4\/66a159459aefa202347fe5b8_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,23030081981\/AdThrive_Content_4\/66a159459aefa202347fe5b8_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,23030081981\/AdThrive_Content_4\/66a159459aefa202347fe5b8_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You&#8217;re pathetic&#8230; a tribute for Charlie got replaced with Family Feud on my local station. @WeAreSinclair bought up independent stations to dominate the narrative. And we have to settle for second rate programming, shocking.&#8221;, opined an x <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hilljack64\/status\/1969489245891944468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">user<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What are you so afraid of? The entire country is watching. Did your sponsors threaten to back out?&#8221;, asked <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GenXamerica\/status\/1969475301919928640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">another<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;At this point, @tpusa shouldn&#8217;t even allow you to air anything with Charlie Kirk&#8217;s name or their name in it. The mainstream media companies are disgusting. The left is just too far gone to recover&#8221;, declared a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PsyopsRabbit\/status\/1969519173928710324\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">third<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Others also chimed in:<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_phone\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-5 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CJa5-7O49I8DFYaBgwcda2AxSA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,23030081981\/AdThrive_Content_5\/66a159459aefa202347fe5b8_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,23030081981\/AdThrive_Content_5\/66a159459aefa202347fe5b8_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,23030081981\/AdThrive_Content_5\/66a159459aefa202347fe5b8_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Well, that was super disappointing. I even had my friends and family looking for it so we could support your good decision to pull Kimmel. You just lost any favor you had with all of us. Shame on you.&#8221;, commented a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiztDawnCO\/status\/1969395010773926339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">netizen<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Thank you for acknowledging Charlie Kirk&#8217;s greatness. We did not watch the half about political violence. We are taking a pass on any chance to hear a lecture on &#8220;both sides need to improve.&#8221;&#8221;, shared <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrackingFires\/status\/1969565745421173015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">another<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So very disappointed in your company. You had the opportunity to bring millions upon millions of viewers back to your station and companies. You did not stand with the 77 million Americans that voted for a better country and future.&#8221;, added a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Michele99726569\/status\/1969468161528369586\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-is-sponsored=\"false\">third<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Charlie Kirk special is a one-hour production about his life. It is available for streaming on YouTube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sinclair Broadcast Group pulled a notably promoted Charlie Kirk tribute special minutes before it was scheduled to air on Friday. &nbsp; Instead, they opted to stick with regular ABC programming. &nbsp; At 11:24 p.m.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5908,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5906\/revisions\/5908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/originaltastex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}