NBC Agrees to Give Time to 4 Republican Candidates

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

YORK (AP) -- NBC agreed Monday to give four Republican presidential candidates free time on affiliates in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina after they complained Donald Trump unfairly benefited from appearing as "Saturday Night Live" host earlier this month.

The network said John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham each will get about 12 minutes of time to tout their candidacies during prime time on Friday and Saturday, and during this week's "Saturday Night Live."

Republican George Pataki also had complained, but the network did not announce an agreement with his campaign.

The candidates will get the time on each of the 18 NBC stations in those three states, where early GOP nominating caucuses or primaries are being held.



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[forest444]

1. To do what? Entertain us with their brain farts?

I'd rather tune in to Benny Hinn or Jan and Paul Crouch if wanted that. At least they make me laugh.

[Xipe Totec]

3. No, no. Let them drop their trousers and expose their political agenda

If they have any.

[forest444]

6. Crisco would object though.

I doubt he can find his without a map.

[sleepyvoter]

10. Without a map, a flashlight, a GPS tracker, and a sherpa guide.

[EL34x4]

2. John Kasich, Mike Huckabee, James Gilmore and Lindsey Graham?

Where's the punchline?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. Is this a trick question? Because your first sentence was the punchline. nt

[keithbvadu2]

4. Put them on SNL like Ralph Nader

with a blow up love doll.

[rpannier]

5. Can't wait

to see what else there will be to do instead... which is anything

[groundloop]

8. Of course they'll also give equal time to the Democratic candidates

[onenote]

9. they aren't required to.

The equal opportunities rules (as they have for their entire history) divide the election season into its component parts. Trump is running for the repub nomination, so if he makes an "appearance" on broadcast tv, his repub opponents get time. Similarly, when Clinton appeared on SNL, it could have triggered a request from Sanders or O'Malley (or possibly some of the others who were still in the race for the Democratic nomination at the time).

In fact, the repub candidates can't even ask for time nationwide -- only on stations in the states where they have qualified to be on the primary ballot or are actively campaigning -- a relatively small number of states at this point.

Instead of assuming a conspiracy, looking up the law is always a good alternative.