FCC Commissioner: Harris on SNL Broke ‘Equal Time’ Rule if NBC Didn’t Invite Trump
“Federal law requires that broadcasters provide comparable time and placement to all legally qualified candidates when the Equal Time rule is triggered.”
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said NBC broke the Equal Time rule if it did not extend an invitation to former President Donald Trump.
VP Kamala Harris made a cameo in the opening skit.
The Equal Time rules do not only apply to political ads.
The Equal Time rule is not a political ads rule. It applies to any use of the broadcast station’s facilities, including the airing of certain programs in which a candidate appears.
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024
This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC's Equal Time rule.
The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct – a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election.… https://t.co/LliZF0po9t
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024
In the 2016 cycle, President Obama’s FCC Chair made clear that the agency would enforce the Equal Time rule when candidate Trump went on SNL.
NBC stations publicly filed Equal Opportunity notices to ensure that all other qualifying candidates could obtain Equal Time if they… pic.twitter.com/CZkaeGyRhL
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024
Federal law requires that broadcasters provide comparable time and placement to all legally qualified candidates when the Equal Time rule is triggered.
With only days before the election, NBC appears to have structured this appearance in a way that evades these requirements.… pic.twitter.com/PjrgWCqsgy
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024
Just weeks ago, SNL’s Lorne Michaels said that they *would not* be bringing any of the candidates on due to election and equal time laws:
“‘You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions,’ Michaels said.” pic.twitter.com/xtfnNFXdfr
— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024
The addition of Harris on SNL seemed to be at the last minute.
Harris appeared in the cold opening with Maya Rudolph, who impersonates the vice president:
During her appearance on this week’s episode of “SNL” Harris joined comedian Maya Rudolph, who often impersonates her, for a cold open sketch. While Rudolph was playing the vice president, Harris began her “SNL” debut on the other side of a mirror from the comedian.
“I’m just here to remind you, you got this, because you can do something your opponent can’t do — you can open doors,” Harris told Rudolph, seemingly referring to a video from earlier in the week in which former President Trump had a hard time grabbing the handle of a garbage truck.
It’s so weird.
Joe Rogan had Trump and VP candidate Sen. JD Vance on his show.
Rogan invited Harris. She said she would only appear on it if he traveled to her and only give her an hour.
Yet, somehow Harris found time to jet off to NYC to appear on SNL.
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They’ll take the small fine and smile at having accomplished what they wanted.
What’s the point? It’s kinda like 1939 Poland trying to give Panzer tanks running a stop sign ticket.
Maybe the Federal Election Commission needs to get involved.
Equal time? Fairness? Who cares? As long as a D is involved. NOTHING will happen, It never does.
It’s Comala, so it’s (D)ifferent.
Laws don’t apply to her.
NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN. They are all complicit in blatant election interference. Forget MSNBC. They are an admitted far left propaganda outlet.
It showcases their desperation.
They wouldn’t do stuff like this if they thought they were winning. They’re desperate, and it shows.
Boy, do the lyrics to Desperado by The Eagles ring true or what?
Let’s see Harris climb into the cab of a garbage truck. Or the back; I’m not picky.
Maybe someone with the Trump campaign doing double agent duty for Mrs. Emhoff can say something like “HE did a garbage truck! Let’s one-up him by having you in a septic pumping service truck. Put a wrap on it that says Harris, and ‘we don’t take no sh1+!'”
They explicitly told her not to approach within six feet of the school bus.
I saw that clip online. If that is what convinced you to vote for Harris, your vote needs to be taken away, and you sent to the rubber room. It was really bad and pointless.
It won’t move the narrative, unlike Trump at McDonalds and in the garbage truck.
Apparently they plagiarized a Trump SNL skit from 2015.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/11/03/kamalas-last-ditch-saturday-night-live-appearance-mocked-online-even-her-snl-skit-was-plagiarized/
Does this mean she has given up in Michigan? What a dis!
“Kamala Harris SNL skit DIRECTLY copied Trump’s from 2015,” independent journalist Nick Sortor also pointed out, before asking, “Can she do ANYTHING original at all?”
Well, I’m positive she didn’t write that skit for SNL. She can’t write ANYTHING. This is all on SNL, who are just as progressive and therefore just as intellectually sterile as she is.
I’m glad I have only a couple days left to be this confused. Am I supposed to be cringing, or am I supposed to be pouncing? I feel like an emergency understudy for Banzai who never got to attend the Lion King rehearsals.
Well…. Tells you who the Head of the FCC thinks is going to win the election…and it ain’t Harris.
Quite seriously, aside from any fines from the FCC, I wonder if Trump could revoke the White House press credentials of the representatives of a few chosen network news agencies?
Not the way it’s structured now. But as the judge pointed out in the Jim Acosta case, it doesn’t have to be structured that way. The judge practically drew the White House a road map for how they could legally get rid of Acosta, but they lost interest and let the matter drop.
Donald Trump has personally appeared on Saturday Night Live numerous times, and once even hosted the show.
Woooosh!
Was his opponent denied the opportunity to appear on the show too?
No? Then your point is, as usual, invalid and you should STFU and slink the hell on out of here.
Joe wasn’t actually denied the opportunity, things just crawled to an impasse because he demanded to meet personally with Buffalo Bob to hammer out the arrangements.
The election, JR, the point is the election in three days.
JR is still fantasizing about Biden slapping him in the ass. Give him a break.
As a candidate?! His appearances when he was not a candidate don’t count.
I could smell your stink 1,000 miles away.
As usual, Democrats act and then ask for forgiveness. Republicans do just the opposite and hence never get anything done that is risky. The Democrats push every law they need to accomplish what they want. The Dems KNOW that no court will disenfranchise any voter so these votes will be counted.
The vile crone-harlot-dunce is on her deserved way to the dustbin of history, and, no amount of Dhimmi-crat media crutches, sycophantic hagiography, mendacity and slavish shilling will change that.
The wretched Harris can join the equally vile crone Clinton in drowning their mutual sorrows in vats of Chardonnay.
Perhaps Kamala can give Hillary pointers on how to give Bill a knob job. Then Hillary can teach Kamala how to pleasure Huma.
At least Bill will then have a reason. To stay home, and Emhoff will have another woman to smack around.
So? 44,500,000 watched Trump on Rogan and now 12,000,000 have so far watched Vance. SNL had 50,000? 100,000? Watch this. It won’t do anything for her.