FCC commissioner claims Harris on ‘SNL’ violates ‘equal time’ rule

[audiophile]

Most likely it does unless they gave Trump advance notice and offered the same.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... a8ce&ei=35

[Mega Hertz]

I'm shocked it took this long for one of you to post this.

[thatonedude]

The FCC commissioner, Brendan Carr, was appointed by Trump. Nothing to see here, folks…


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[zzand]

I highly doubt NBC would have given this a green light without having legal check on this.

[TC Talks]

Most likely it does unless they gave Trump advance notice and offered the same.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... a8ce&ei=35

Trump was going to be invited but standards wouldn't allow him fearing the garbage that comes out of his mouth.

He's a conservative victim supreme

[Honeyman]

Most likely it does unless they gave Trump advance notice and offered the same.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... a8ce&ei=35

Did you get turned on when Trump was blowing the microphone?

[bmw]

Did you get turned on when Trump was blowing the microphone?

Do you get turned on knowing that Kamala has sex with men much older than she is?

[bmw]

As to the actual story here, Lorne Michaels admitted a little over a month ago that this was illegal.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/nei ... 09890.html

“You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions,” Michaels told THR. “You can’t have the main candidates without having all the candidates, and there are lots of minor candidates that are only on the ballot in, like, three states and that becomes really complicated.”

Of course, “SNL” has had candidates on before Election Day in the past, most notoriously when Donald Trump hosted in November 2015, before he became the Republican frontrunner in the 2016 election. At the time, NBC measured Trump’s time onscreen in the episode — 12 minutes and 5 seconds — and offered the same amount of free airtime to the other candidates, in compliance with the equal time rule of the Communications Act of 1934, according to THR. And in 2008, then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin appeared alongside her impressionist Tina Fey, but the Obama campaign didn’t press the equal time issue. This election cycle, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley made a brief appearance in a sketch in February of this year, but she was not a “main candidate.”

My verdict - on the surface, this does appear to run afoul of the Communications Act of 1934, unless Trump was reached out to and declined the invitation. Has Trump himself commented on this?

[zzand]

Trump was a guest in 2015 as a candidate. So I guess it must be ok although he will probably say while it was ok for him it isn't for Harris.

[audiophile]

Zzand, read the post above yours.

How you do offer equal time on SNL, when the next episode is after the election?

[bmw]

I'll be honest - I'm no fan of equal air time rules. But the law is what it is and this appears to be a clear-cut violation. This only adds fuel to Trump's claims of election interference. Except in this instance he would have a legitimate point.

[TC Talks]

I'll be honest - I'm no fan of equal air time rules. But the law is what it is and this appears to be a clear-cut violation. This only adds fuel to Trump's claims of election interference. Except in this instance he would have a legitimate point.

Now you have a reason to cry foul when Trump loses...

[Honeyman]

Did you get turned on when Trump was blowing the microphone?

Do you get turned on knowing that Kamala has sex with men much older than she is?

Not really.

What do you think is more common, a woman having sex with an older man or a presidential candidate simulating oral sex with a microphone a week before an election?

[zzand]

Equal time is mentioned nowhere in either of my posts. The reason being is I am sure NBC legal made sure it doesn't apply. Same could be said about the Trump appearance in 2015 when he was a candidate. Your eyesight must be going.

Honeyman, the answer is obvious for normal people.

[Matt]

Did you get turned on when Trump was blowing the microphone?

Do you get turned on knowing that Kamala has sex with men much older than she is?

Not really.

What do you think is more common, a woman having sex with an older man or a presidential candidate simulating oral sex with a microphone a week before an election?

Such a weird comment, given his chosen candidate has had sex without consent with younger women and his VP candidate is a couch fucker.