{"id":121765,"date":"2024-11-04T00:08:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121765"},"modified":"2024-11-04T00:08:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T17:08:14","slug":"fcc-regulator-claims-harris-appearance-on-snl-violates-equal-time-rule-us-elections-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121765","title":{"rendered":"FCC regulator claims Harris appearance on SNL violates \u2018equal time\u2019 rule | US elections 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">A US government communications regulator has claimed that Vice-President Kamala Harris\u2019s surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/political_programming_fact_sheet.pdf\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">\u201cequal time\u201d rules <\/a>that govern political programming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Brendan Carr, a commissioner with the federal communications commission (FCC), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brendancarrfcc\/status\/1852887210330341693?s=46\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">claimed on the social platform X<\/a> that Harris\u2019s appearance on the show \u201cis a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC\u2019s Equal Time rule\u201d.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"692c8fa0-e23f-451b-b374-6e63c2f02a34\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:2,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Saturday Night Live: Kamala Harris makes surprise cameo in standout episode&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;692c8fa0-e23f-451b-b374-6e63c2f02a34&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2024\/nov\/03\/saturday-night-live-kamala-harris-cameo&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Carr made the claim in response to an Associated Press alert to Harris being on the show that night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct \u2013 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,\u201d Carr, a Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4777384-house-democrats-question-fcc-role-project-2025\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">appointee<\/a>, added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Harris joined comedian Maya Rudolph at the start of the show in a sketch that skewered Donald Trump for his recent rally speeches, including wearing an orange and yellow safety jacket, a riff on the ongoing garbage controversy, and pretending to fellate a broken microphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Harris began her <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1852921270159163900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1852921270159163900%7Ctwgr%5E5cfb0bd174a8e10c24d55aec5cdc1f40945d5729%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fkamala-harris-appears-snl-final-episode-before-election\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">\u201cmirror image\u201d sketch <\/a>opposite Rudolph, the SNL cast member selected to impersonate her, on the other side of a mirror.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cI\u2019m just here to remind you, you got this, because you can do something your opponent can\u2019t do \u2013 you can open doors,\u201d Harris told Rudolph, seemingly referring to a video from earlier in the week in which Trump had struggled to reach the handle of a garbage truck he briefly rode in to a Wisconsin rally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">That came after a comedian at a Trump rally in New York made a joke about Puerto Rico being a \u201cfloating island of garbage\u201d that was widely deemed racist. Trump disavowed the comedian but did not apologize.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">On a video call to Latino voters, President Biden appeared to call Trump supporters garbage. The White House later denied he had and released a transcript with \u201csupporters\u201d altered to \u201csupporter\u2019s\u201d, changing the meaning. White House stenographers appealed against the alteration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe American people want to stop the chaos,\u201d Rudolph said in the SNL sketch, with Harris adding, \u201cAnd end the drama-la.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cWith a cool new step mom-ala. Get back in our pajama-las. And watch a rom-com-ala,\u201d Rudolph said, with the two later touting their \u201cbelief in the promise of America\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of SNL, which is celebrating its 50th season NBC, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-features\/snl-interview-trump-jokes-2024-election-lorne-michaels-future-1236005680\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">the Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in September that neither Harris or Trump would themselves appear on the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cYou can\u2019t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions,\u201d Michaels told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cYou can\u2019t have the main candidates without having all the candidates, and there are lots of minor candidates that are only on the ballot in, like, three states and that becomes really complicated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In the interview, Michaels said Republicans were easier to characterize than Democrats who have been offended by certain skits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cIt\u2019s not personal in the sense of an attack, it\u2019s just, you did say that and you did do that, so were you thinking it would be rude for us to comment on it? That\u2019s what we do, and we\u2019re going to do it again,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The Trump campaign complained about Harris\u2019s appearance, saying Harris \u201chas nothing substantive to offer the American people, so that\u2019s why she\u2019s living out her warped fantasy cosplaying with her elitist friends on Saturday Night Leftists as her campaign spirals down the drain into obscurity\u201d, spokesperson Steven Cheung told <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/media\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Fox News Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Some viewers also noted that Harris\u2019s \u201cmirror image\u201d comedy sketch was conceptually identical to a sketch Trump featured in with ex-SNL comedian Jimmy Fallon on Fallon\u2019s the Tonight Show in 2015. \u201cI knew that SNL sketch with Kamala Harris looked familiar\u2026\u201d radio host Ari Hoffman said in an Instagram post<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DB5amKWtIXf\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> linking to the Fallon-Trump skit.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/nov\/03\/harris-appearance-snl-equal-time-rule\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A US government communications regulator has claimed that Vice-President Kamala Harris\u2019s surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violates \u201cequal time\u201d rules that govern political programming. 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