FCC chair says that Saturday Night Live violated FCC rules with the Kamala Harris appearance

[Hodad]

1 hour ago, Aristides said:

The title of this thread said he is the chair. And I was not singling you out.

 

All this bltching and moaning about 90 seconds of airtime on a comedy show? 

Jeebus. As if Trump doesn't get enough media attention?

They let him HOST SNL in 2015, FFS. But now Kamala is on for 90 seconds and the MAGA cultists are crapping their pants about how unfair it is? 

Bullshit. It's just another excuse for faux outrage at established media. No one actually cares or finds this meaningful.

 

Edited November 4, 2024 by Hodad

[gatomontes99]

13 minutes ago, Aristides said:

He says it would be and that's why they didn't offer. Does that mean you can't accept a request? I don't know but if this guy is a mucky muck in the FCC he should be able to pursue it, not just babble on X. Why is he talking about it on X anyway if he is a high placed government official? 

Because what they did is an election violation and knowledge of that violation can help people make an informed decision.

[robosmith]

2 hours ago, DUI_Offender said:

Ouch! You guys now own @gatomontes99

Actually the LIAR here is West. Again

[DUI_Offender]

1 minute ago, robosmith said:

Actually the LIAR here is West. Again

I ignored him long ago.

Edited November 4, 2024 by DUI_Offender

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, Aristides said:

He is their lawyer and a Trump appointee, not the chair.

He WAS the FCC general counsel. Now he is A Commissioner.

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, gatomontes99 said:

No, they can't ever debate on the substance. They always pick some minutia and argue that to distract from the fact that they do really messed up stuff.

SNL and Harris violated election law. Both should be punished.

Good luck with that. At most it's a slap on the wrist type transgression. 

All NBC has to do is offer Trump some free air time. Duh

[Aristides]

13 minutes ago, gatomontes99 said:

Because what they did is an election violation and knowledge of that violation can help people make an informed decision.

Was it? If it was, the FCC should be perusing it,  not using X to pursue his personal agenda.

Or do you think Musk should be the gatekeeper on what federal officials get to say?

Edited November 4, 2024 by Aristides

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, Aristides said:

Let me ask you guys a question. Do you think Trump would appear on SNL? Do you know if they offered him equal time? 

I don't think Trump's election campaigning would be suitable for SNL cause he'll start talking about someone needing to be shot. They could easily offer him a slot on Meet the Press, but he'd turn it down if they had to fact check him like he did at CBS.

1 hour ago, West said:

Says right in his twitter handle that he's the FEC commissioner dumbass

So you didn't read that before you wrote your thread title. LMAO

What a dumbass.

[robosmith]

1 hour ago, gatomontes99 said:

He'd do it in a heartbeat:

But lets not get past you lying and saying he was just a lawyer.

Like her no tax on tips, border wall proposal and website, she ripped this skit off too:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2015/sep/12/donald-trump-interviews-himself-in-a-mirror-fallons-tonight-show-nbc-video

 

That is the OLD Trump. AKA before he became obsessed with avoiding JAIL.

[Chrissy1979]

What a quaint remnant of a simpler time. Reminds me of the Fairness Doctrine. Now the rules just seem to be in place for Republicans to whine and play the victim the few times they're not the ones breaking them.

[CdnFox]

4 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

No, they can't ever debate on the substance. They always pick some minutia and argue that to distract from the fact that they do really messed up stuff.

 

The minutiae thing is a true favorite for sure. Along with the 'redefining words to mean something other than common use' thing, and then the weird sexual fantasies and personal attacks. 

And they wonder why the research suggests they have more mental health issues. 

[gatomontes99]

7 hours ago, Aristides said:

Was it? If it was, the FCC should be perusing it,  not using X to pursue his personal agenda.

Or do you think Musk should be the gatekeeper on what federal officials get to say?

Wtf does Musk have to do with this? Why are you trying to get off the topic?

Edited November 4, 2024 by gatomontes99

[Chrissy1979]

NBC gave Trump two minutes of free air time. Now that that's resolved, there must be another way for MAGA to play the helpless victim.

I can't imagine how much they would be moaning if Elon were in the tank for Kamala and not Trump. 

Edited November 4, 2024 by Chrissy1979

[West]

44 minutes ago, Chrissy1979 said:

NBC gave Trump two minutes of free air time. Now that that's resolved, there must be another way for MAGA to play the helpless victim.

I can't imagine how much they would be moaning if Elon were in the tank for Kamala and not Trump. 

They only "gave" Trump free air time because they were ordered to do so

[Chrissy1979]

5 minutes ago, West said:

They only "gave" Trump free air time because they were ordered to do so

So? You want to milk the victimhood complex a little more?

[West]

17 minutes ago, Chrissy1979 said:

So? You want to milk the victimhood complex a little more?

Considering the Democrats have put their political opponents in prison for much less and totally destroyed people id say that's a slap on the wrist. 

[Chrissy1979]

3 minutes ago, West said:

Considering the Democrats have put their political opponents in prison for much less and totally destroyed people id say that's a slap on the wrist. 

You're just making stuff up because you're not enough of a victim in reality?

[Aristides]

4 hours ago, gatomontes99 said:

Wtf does Musk have to do with this? Why are you trying to get off the topic?

Musk owns X.

Do you think it is appropriate for its second highest official should be making personal unsubstantiated accusations on X about things his department has said nothing about. This is the FCC's jurisdiction and if they feel there has been a violation there should be an official announcement of what the violation is and what they are doing about it. Instead he uses X and FOX. This guy has gone rogue.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4968217-fcc-commissioner-claims-harris-on-snl-violates-equal-time-rule/

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In an emailed statement to The Hill, a spokesperson for the FCC said the agency “has not made any determination regarding [political] programming rules, nor have we received a complaint from any interested parties.”

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/03/nbc-fcc-equal-time-harris-snl/76039040007/

Edited November 4, 2024 by Aristides

[gatomontes99]

17 minutes ago, Aristides said:

Musk owns X.

Do you think it is appropriate for its second highest official should be making personal unsubstantiated accusations on X about things his department has said nothing about. This is the FCC's jurisdiction and if they feel there has been a violation there should be an official announcement of what the violation is and what they are doing about it. Instead he uses X and FOX. This guy has gone rogue.

https://thehill.com/homenews/4968217-fcc-commissioner-claims-harris-on-snl-violates-equal-time-rule/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/03/nbc-fcc-equal-time-harris-snl/76039040007/

Really? Does Zuck Bucks ring a bell? How about the CIA, FBI and other government agencies embedding their surrogates in Facebook, Twitter and so on, to direct these speech platforms to censor users? And you are mad that Musk let an actual official say that NBC and Harris may have violated the law? Are you fn kidding me?

[Aristides]

16 minutes ago, gatomontes99 said:

Really? Does Zuck Bucks ring a bell? How about the CIA, FBI and other government agencies embedding their surrogates in Facebook, Twitter and so on, to direct these speech platforms to censor users? And you are mad that Musk let an actual official say that NBC and Harris may have violated the law? Are you fn kidding me?

This is the second in charge of a government agency, no some internet conspiracy claim about anonymous actors. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/gop-muzzled-quiet-coalition-fought-foreign-propaganda-rcna103373

Edited November 4, 2024 by Aristides

[gatomontes99]

1 hour ago, Aristides said:

This is the second in charge of a government agency, no some internet conspiracy claim about anonymous actors. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/gop-muzzled-quiet-coalition-fought-foreign-propaganda-rcna103373

Lmao...oh CIA's lapdog, aka Ken Dilanian, says the GOP broke up a perfectly good organization? Yeah, you should believe that:

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A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according to documents obtained by The Intercept.

Email exchanges between CIA public affairs officers and Ken Dilanian, now an Associated Press intelligence reporter who previously covered the CIA for the Times, show that Dilanian enjoyed a closely collaborative relationship with the agency, explicitly promising positive news coverage and sometimes sending the press office entire story drafts for review prior to publication. In at least one instance, the CIA’s reaction appears to have led to significant changes in the story that was eventually published in the Times.

https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/

You just used the CIA to say the CIA wasn't doing anything bad. Meanwhile:

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The report reveals new information detailing how the highest levels of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), up to and including then-CIA Director Gina Haspel, were made aware of the “Public Statement on the Hunter Biden Emails” by 51 former intelligence officials prior to its approval and publication. The report reveals important new facts, such as how some of the statement's signatories, including former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell, were on active contract with the CIA at the time they issued the Hunter Biden statement to discredit damaging allegations about Biden family influence peddling just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

https://intelligence.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1432

We have proof the CIA was interfering in the election and you use the CIA's lapdog to try and refute that the government was censoring people? Forgive me if I'm not impressed.

[Rebound]

17 hours ago, West said:

 

cheaters

So… why is he Tweeting about it? 
If a rule or law was violated, why doesn’t he enforce it?  And if no violation occurred, why doesn’t he STFU? 

[Black Dog]

I'm sure this will have similar consequences to the big ABC debate whistleblower revelations lmao.

[CdnFox]

37 minutes ago, Rebound said:

So… why is he Tweeting about it? 
If a rule or law was violated, why doesn’t he enforce it?  And if no violation occurred, why doesn’t he STFU? 

I would imagine that it takes a little bit of time to prepare that. It was like 4 years later that they went after trump for the stormy payouts, give this a couple of days  

[herbie]

They should've invited Trump.
I would've got a kick out of seeing the SNL audience throw rocks at him.