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NBC Gives Trump Airtime After Harris SNL Appearance
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NBC Gives Trump Airtime After Harris SNL Appearance

Left: Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, appears on NBC

Left: Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, presidential nominee, appears on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” with Maya Rudolph, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024, in New York. Harris made an unannounced trip to New York to appear to be briefly stepping away from the battleground states where he campaigned just three days before the election (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin). Right: Donald Trump in a political ad that aired on NBC on Nov. 3, 2024 (X/Donald J. Trump).

After a Federal Communications Commission commissioner accused NBC of violating the agency’s “Equal Time” rule to allow Kamala Harris to appear on Saturday Night Live, the network said Donald Trump approximately 120 seconds worth of free airtime after a NASCAR race and an NFL game.

Trump appeared in two 60-second videos after the race and after NBC’s Sunday Night Football broadcast. He also posted the announcement on his account on X, formerly Twitter.

“We are two days away from the most important election in the history of our country,” Trump said. “We need to save our country and it needs saving, it’s in a very bad shape.”

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Also Sunday, NBC filed an equal-time notice with the FCC, saying Harris appeared for about 1 minute and 30 seconds on SNL during her skit with comedian Maya Rudolph as part of the show a few days earlier. Tuesday’s presidential election.

A Trump spokesman told NPR’s David Folkenflik that NBC and Comcast reached out on Sunday to offer the time, and the Republican nominee filmed a video following a rally.

NBC told Folkenflik it followed the rule by giving Trump air time on Sunday.

Like Law&Crime previously reportedFCC Senior Republican Commissioner Brendan Carr said in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) that NBC violated the agency’s “Equal Time” rule.