FCC commissioner rips NBC over Harris' last-minute SNL appearance: 'Plainly designed to evade' the rules
Fox News
FCC Republican commissioner Brendan Carr ripped "Saturday Night Live" for hosting VP Kamala Harris, but not offering an equal amount of time to former President Trump.
Carr was reacting to Harris's last-minute appearance on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" just days ahead of Election Day. The FCC commissioner had weighed in on X this weekend that the broadcasting company had violated the FCC's equal time rule by hosting the Democratic presidential nominee, but not Trump or other presidential candidates such as Jill Stein or even Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – who is still on election ballots after dropping out of the race earlier this year and endorsing Trump.
The Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule was established in 1934 and requires radio and television broadcast stations to provide the same amount of time for competing political candidates. There are exceptions to the rule such as newscasts, documentaries and political debates.