re: FCC Commissioner says this SNL stunt is election interference

Law, rule, it is implicit that a staton, promoter, etc on the public airwaves must provide equal opportunity for candidates. The fact that Kamala is allowed access and DJT isn’t a week before the election is totally against the rule of equal time is self evident

NBC should be disbanded and sold off at auction to the highest bidder. The governing body of NBC should be hung in the town square.

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2) I don’t get why Biden saying Trump supporters are garbage explicitly is some massive fricking deal when I figured that’s how they felt all along lol

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You're probably correct. However, there is the possibility that it could move the needle with the so-called and self-professed “independent“ voters who allegedly haven’t made up their mind yet. These are the extremely low-information voters (and I don’t mean that as a pejorative) who just don’t follow politics like your average citizens.

According to some studies, these voters are extremely turned off by all the bickering, name-calling, and vitriol that goes on in politics. If the studies/pundits are correct, Joe Biden calling half of America “garbage,” could move the needle a little bit with these people.

This is why the fraudulent Mainstream Media always tries to gin up all the faux self-righteous indignation they can possibly muster by completely misstating and misconstruing everything that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. See, e.g., Trump’s comment about wanting Liz Cheney to have to go to the front lines if she’s going to vote to send other people's kids to the to the front line. They all knew exactly what Trump said and what he meant. But they saw it as a political opportunity to fraudulently report it in the hopes of influencing these low-information voters.

Also remember that many pundits still blame Hillary Clinton’s 2016 loss on her referring to Trump supporters as being “Deplorables.“ These pundits believe that this comment really turned off those low-information voters.

So lorn Michaels specifically said they wouldn't have either candidate on this election season, but on the last show before election day, they sneak Harris on without announcing in advance?

That's blantant

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So...what happened on SNL?

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I have no fricking clue. I don’t watch that fricking garbage. When they decided to go completely off the leftist deep end of f*cking insanity, it became unfunny and I turned it off.

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1) I don’t get why Kamala going on SNL is some big frickin deal that moves the needle

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Well it was essentially a free nationwide broadcast of a campaign commercial

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You're the one that said the Equal Time rule only applies to how much they can charge for ad time.

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Indeed. And you should understand the term "use" in this context is advertising. If they gave Kamala time for $0 for political content, they'd have to offer it to Trump for he same price for political content. Was Trump denied thie same opportunity of a free appearance? Maybe he was, but I haven't seen any mention of that. As noted, there's no obligation for the broadcaster to seek them out for it.

Outside of advertising,or the specific new exemptions... affiliates have successfully argued, as they did in 2016, and 2020 that the time wasn't "use" for potlical purpose, and all they had to do is add a note to their local inspection file (that no one ever looks at) and that was it.

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According to you, this issue was completely within the purview of the fairness doctrine which was abandoned years ago during the Reagan administration. You gave us the whole fricking history.

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Nope. I even specifically mentioned the difference in the post you quoted.

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Don't backtrack now

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Don't worry I won't.

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At least try to save yourself some fricking dignity, SERIOUSLY.

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I do hope you get the attention you're seeking.

Just keep digging yourself a new hole and keep making a complete fricking arse of yourself. You're a fricking idiot.

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Indeed. And you should understand the term "use" in this context is advertising. If they gave Kamala time for $0 for political content

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This is exactly what the frick I said the other day in the other string. But you assured us all that I was wrong and that the fairness doctrine is what would apply if it hadn’t been abandoned during the Reagan administration.

Seriously, just fricking apologize and admit you were fricking wrong.

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Just keep digging yourself a new hole and keep making a complete fricking arse of yourself. You're a fricking idiot.

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Dunning-Krueger confirmed!

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This is exactly what the frick I said the other day in the other string. But you assured us all that I was wrong and that the fairness doctrine is what would apply if it hadn’t been abandoned during the Reagan administration.

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I'll repeat it again for you.

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it does not require a station to provide opposing candidates with programs identical to the initiating candidate. ... the station is not required to seek out opposing legally qualified candidates and offer them Equal Opportunities.

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So unless Trump requested time, and was denied, the rule does not apply. '

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Seriously, just fricking apologize

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I am deeply sorry, that I can only eplain it to you, but I cannot understand it for you.

This is ridiculous. They didn't do anything to Nixon when he appeared on Laugh-In. They didn't do anything when Joe Garriagolla interviewed Gerald Ford as a guest host on the Merv Griffin show.