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NBC Stations File Notices Of Free Airtime Given To Kamala Harris For ‘SNL’ Cameo — Update


FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr claimed that Kamala Harris‘ cameo on Saturday Night Live was a “clear and blatant effort” by the show to evade the FCC’s Equal Time Rule. Carr wrote on X, “The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct – a licensed broadcaster using the […]

Carr wrote on X, “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. There is a substantial news exemption to the equal time rules, one that has included late night talk shows. In his X post, Carr argued that the show was trying to evade the requirements by having Harris on so close to the election.

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