Bloomberg Politics: Donald Trump's SNL Appearance Raises Questions About Media Ethics

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Underscoring the value of the Trump SNL appearance: The network is allowing it to go ahead even though it could raise legal challenges. Meredith McGehee, a policy director of the Campaign Legal Center, a political watchdog group, said that because local broadcast TV affiliates are required by law to give each can­did­ate equal opportunity for air time, NBC's Iowa affiliates might be forced to give up air time of equal value to Trump's SNL appearance to another candidate, she said.

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