Sinclair Will Preempt Jimmy Kimmel's Show When It Returns to Abc
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Sinclair will preempt Jimmy Kimmel's show on ABC to air Trump-related content, highlighting the tension between local station owners and network programming decisions, with commenters questioning the relevance of traditional broadcast TV.
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Kimmel compared Trump's apparent indifference to the death of Kirk (in favor of talking about progress on the construction of his ballroom) to a 4 year old mourning his goldfish. It was very specific rather than joking at the expense of Kirk fans in general. It's odd that in complaining about context being omitted you would yourself omit such key context; to help refresh your memory, here's the original clip, with the 'offending' remark about 2 minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk