US EditionErika Kirk says ‘everyone has a responsibility’ to turn down political temperature in CBS town hall
The town hall explored grief, forgiveness, and political polarization after Charlie Kirk's assassination, with 91% of students viewing words as violence, CBS said.
- On Saturday, Dec. 13, CBS aired a one-hour town hall special, CBS News Presents: A Town Hall With Erika Kirk, at 8 p.m. ET, then streamed it on Paramount+, CBS News 24/7, Fubo, and DIRECTV.
- The network's choice reflected CBS's intent to host cross‑divide conversations as Erika Kirk, chairman and CEO of Turning Point USA, spoke publicly following Charlie Kirk's assassination at Utah Valley University months ago.
- Erika Kirk said she forgave the accused shooter in a `game-time decision` and rebuked justifications with `Tell that to my 3-year-old daughter`, insisting Charlie Kirk never incited violence and would "put my mic down" for others to speak.
- The broadcast prompted pushback and social-media criticism aimed at Bari Weiss and CBS News for platforming Erika Kirk and the late Charlie Kirk, while many commercial breaks were filled by direct-response advertisers and some sponsors, including Amazon, Ferrero Group and Procter & Gamble, appeared.
- The network presented the forum as an exercise in democratic persuasion; CBS framed the series as reviving civil conversation, while marketers and TV-sales executives remain cautious about sponsoring polarizing content.
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