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NBC Airs Trump Message in Wake of Harris ‘SNL’ Uproar 

by Sandra Rhodes
November 4, 2024 at 8:22 am
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NBC Airs Trump Message in Wake of Harris ‘SNL’ Uproar 

KINSTON, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 03: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Kinston Regional Jetport on November 03, 2024 in Kinston, North Carolina. With only two days until the election, Trump is campaigning for re-election on Sunday in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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NBC appeared to scramble to make equal time for former President Donald Trump following Vice President Kamala Harris’ appearance on “Saturday Night Live” (“SNL”).

A video message was aired by the network during a NASCAR race Sunday night featuring Trump looking straight into the camera to address the viewers, The Hill reported. 

Trump was given the airtime after Harris was on “SNL” in an apparent breach of the Federal Communications Commission’s Equal Time rule, which affords rival candidates get equal airtime if they want it.

According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Trump said a Harris win would cause a “depression” as he urged viewers to “go and vote.”

It was not clear as of Monday morning if the Trump campaign asked for the spot or if NBC provided the spot to Trump in the interest of fairness.

The same ad also ran during NBC’s “Sunday Night Football.”

Trump was given 120 seconds of airtime, while Harris was on “SNL” for one minute and 30 seconds.

Harris’ appearance was in the opening skit when she was with comedian Maya Rudolph, who impersonates Harris on the show, per the IJR.

Harris’ time on the show was criticized by the Trump campaign, who said the Democratic presidential nominee was “cosplaying with her elitist friends” while her campaign “spirals down the drain into obscurity,” as The Hill reported.

On Sunday, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, pointed out that Harris’ stint on “SNL” was a “clear and blatant” attempt to circumvent the FCC’s Equal Time rule, which Carr said was created to avoid “this type of biased and partisan conduct.”

The FCC rule only states a network provide the candidates with equal time and placement, but not the identical opportunity.

NBC notified the FCC in a filing that Harris was on “SNL” for one minute and 30 seconds and did so “without charge.”

NBC has filed a notice with the FCC, disclosing that Kamala Harris appeared on SNL for under two minutes without charge.

Under federal law, if Donald Trump requests equal time, NBC would be required to provide it before the election. pic.twitter.com/aMvHJjpwC2

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) November 4, 2024
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Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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