What do you think of a TV station employee being suspended for airing a short tribute to Charlie Kirk?

[AviatorTom]

An Illinois woman was suspended, then resigned, after airing a short tribute to Chatlie Kirk on the local TV station.

Effective immediately, I have resigned from @WICS_ABC20 after being SUSPENDED for airing a non-partisan tribute to Charlie Kirk this past Friday.

Many in the mainstream media have been fired or punished for mocking his assassination. I believe I am the first to be targeted for… pic.twitter.com/y41QOWDBl5

— Beni Rae Harmony (@BeniRaeHarmony) September 15, 2025

What do you think?

[Red_Arrow]

Airing a tribute was a programming decision, which she was not allowed to make. Also, Kirk was a racist who had many times made racist remarks and expressed his view that killing people who disagreed with him was a good thing. They should have fired her instead of suspending her.

[AviatorTom]

@Red_Arrow As I understand it, she did with in programming. Her "wrong" was not getting station approval before airing it.

[Red_Arrow]

If she did it before getting approval, then she did not have approval. And since they suspended her, it is likely they would not have given it to her.

[Chazmatazz269]

I can’t imagine they have a policy against tributes or Charlie Kirk. So i’m guessing she was fired for planning programming when that probably wasn’t her job. Or something like that. If it was clear discrimination, and that seems reasonable to me given the state of Illinois right now, she probably has a case for wrongful termination.

[purplepoppy]

People are getting fired for celebrating, People are getting fired for tributes. I really don't understand Americans, you know whatever you do will cause a backlash.

When you can't win, don't play the game.

[Agape93]

Doesn't concern me. Funny how they react this way though, considering they said nothing when trump offered support for child sex traffickers.

[exitseven]

She will be hired by another station. The station that fired her will see its ratings plummet.

[OlderAndWiser]

I hope you are right!

[exitseven]

@OlderAndWiser Her story was on Fox news today.

[Hardon-Collider]

That's the good type of "has balls" on a woman.

[strateguy632]

Abc over reacted , sure they have policy but not to suspended for such a show of respect and for her good heart.

[Anonymous]

Provided her tribute didn’t call for violence or the suppression of people on the left, and was just a tribute to the man and his life expressing sadness that he died, I think they were wrong to suspend her

[Shiprex]

It's an opinion that she should have kept to herself.

[Tarifa]

News anchors obviously don't just present the bare facts, they often will give 'background' according to the TV station's line of thought. But there's a thin line between giving an opinion and offending part of your viewers.

[In_Trance]

Employees are not allowed to do shit like that.
If it actually happened it was signed off by all levels.

[Red_Arrow]

If it had been signed off up the chain, she would not have been suspended.

[In_Trance]

It's all part of the show. She's on paid time off

[jshm2]

She might as well have been airing a "why Hitler was not wrong" in her segment.

Kirk, like Hitler, was not a good person.

[msc545]

I think that the individual has a very nice violation of civil rights lawsuit.

[sage2021]

Nothing wrong with positive communication that isn't hurting anyone. She has First Amendment Rights.

[dustybiker2]

When is the funeral already.

[Anonymous]

Why are we honoring bigots? Is the real question.