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FCC commissioner says Kamala Harris SNL skit violated rule


Kamala Harris SNL appearance

Inset: FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr (FCC). Background: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris appears on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” with Maya Rudolph, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024 in New York (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin).

At least one government official was unamused by Kamala Harris‘ appearance on Saturday Night Live last night.

Senior Republican Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) that NBC violated the agency’s “Equal Time” rule.

“This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule,” Carr wrote. “The purpose of this 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. Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns.”

Carr was first nominated by Trump and then again by President Biden. He’s one of five commissioners, including a chairperson.

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Just days before Tuesday’s Presidential election, the Democratic nominee appeared on SNL opposite her impersonator Maya Rudolph for a skit as part of the show’s cold opening.

Generally speaking, the Equal Time rule requires broadcasters to provide the same amount of airtime for one candidate as the other. If one candidate appears on a broadcast channel, it must provide an opportunity for the other candidate(s) to appear for the same amount of time. News broadcasts, political ads and documentaries are exempted from the rule. According to Carr, the FCC chairman under the Obama Administration in 2016 election said the agency would enforce the rule. The stations filed equal opportunity notices when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton appeared on the show, Carr said.





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