President Donald Trump on Sunday again blasted “Saturday Night Live” and what he called “one sided coverage” on networks like NBC, hinting at legal action to battle “Democratic spin machines.”
“A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live,” Trump tweeted on Sunday morning. “It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?”
A REAL scandal is the one sided coverage, hour by hour, of networks like NBC & Democrat spin machines like Saturday Night Live. It is all nothing less than unfair news coverage and Dem commercials. Should be tested in courts, can’t be legal? Only defame & belittle! Collusion?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 16, 2018
It’s not clear why the president felt that an entertainment show like “Saturday Night Live” constituted “news coverage” or what legal grounds he would have to block networks from acting since Ronald Reagan’s FCC in 1987 eliminated the fairness doctrine that required networks to provide balanced coverage of political issues.
Saturday night’s episode of “SNL,” the last new show of 2018, saw Alec Baldwin return to the show to play the president in a sketch that spoofed the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” showing Trump what would have happened if he hadn’t won the 2016 election.
“SNL” cast members played members of Trump’s cabinet, with Sarah Sanders doing public relations for Facebook in the alternate timeline and Vice President Mike Pence getting a post-politics job as a DJ.
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