Posted on 12/09/2003 4:48:48 AM PST by FairWitness
Edited on 05/11/2004 5:35:20 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON - As Al Sharpton proclaimed "I feel good," then sang and danced to the James Brown anthem on "Saturday Night Live," fans in St. Louis saw a rerun instead.
Saturday's guest-host appearance by Sharpton, the civil rights activist and Democratic presidential candidate, brought the weekly comedy its highest ratings this season. But in St. Louis and 31 other metropolitan markets, the show wasn't seen at all.
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How convenient! < /sarcasm>
That's because NBC affiliates in those cities, among them St. Louis' KSDK-TV (Channel 5), decided that running the program would force them to give other presidential candidates similar exposure under the Federal Communications Commission's equal-time rule."
This claim by the affiliate is so bogus.
Simple logic reveals that it was the program Saturday Night Live that would be responsible for providing equal time to all of the candidates because SNL initiated the offer to Mr. Sharpton, the affiliates didn't.
Good choice. I would trust Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber with my health care more than any of the Dem presidential candidates.
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