Just how much legal trouble would NBC have had over Saturday Night Live’s promotion of Kamala Harris this weekend? David wrote about his skepticism this morning, and I literally laughed out loud when someone suggested to me that there could be a significant penalty.
Perhaps both of us were a little too skeptical. NBC seems to have worried about it enough to give Donald Trump not one but two slots yesterday to promote his campaign, both during major sports events:
On Sunday, NBC broadcast a NASCAR playoff race, but some viewers noticed toward the end of the broadcast (technically right after the race ended but while coverage was still ongoing) that Trump appeared in an unusual ad, speaking directly to camera while wearing a Red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap, and claiming that electing Harris would cause a “depression” and that viewers should…
