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U.S. NEWS A5
Saturday 17 October 2015

Hispanic coalition: Take Trump off ‘Saturday Night Live’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Las Vegas. A Hispanic coali- sion to put Trump on “SNL” marks with humor, said Felix
tion is condemning NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” for inviting Trump to host the show. In a letter sent on Nov. 7. Sanchez, who is chairman
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, to the show’s producer, Lorne Michaels, and the CEO of NBC Universal, “We are appalled that and co-founder of the Na-
Stephen Burke, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda said the network was enabling Trump’s you would enable Trump’s tional Hispanic Foundation
“hateful speech” in exchange for ratings. hateful speech for noth- for the Arts and among
ing (more) than a ratings those who signed the let-
(AP Photo/John Locher) ploy and ask that you re- ter.
scind the SNL invitation,” NBC Universal is being con-
LYNN ELBER groups said. marks about Hispanic im- the group said in a letter tradictory, Sanchez said,
AP Television Writer In a letter to NBC Universal migrants. sent Thursday and released courting Hispanic viewers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC CEO Stephen Burke and Trump hasn’t apologized publicly. with its Spanish-language
is enabling Donald Trump’s “SNL” executive producer for his “bigoted com- NBC Universal, “SNL” and platforms but giving them
“hateful speech” about Lorne Michaels, the Na- ments” that included de- Trump did not immediate- a “slap in the face” by put-
Hispanics by giving him a tional Hispanic Leadership scribing some Mexicans in ly respond to requests for ting Trump on the air.
platform as host of “Satur- Agenda said it applauded the United States illegally comment. The National Hispanic
day Night Live” and should the company when it sev- as criminals and rapists, the In an interview earlier this Leadership Agenda, which
pull the invitation, a coali- ered its beauty-pageant group said, and it is “flab- week with Fox News Chan- includes 40 national and
tion of Hispanic advocacy ties with Trump over his re- bergasted” by NBC’s deci- nel in which he was asked regional civil rights and
about similar criticism, public policy groups, is re-
Trump said he had no reac- viewing further action, San-
tion, then added that polls chez said,
show he’s “doing very well including such options as
with Hispanics.” staging protests the night
Trump’s appearance on of the telecast or calling
“Saturday Night Live” will for boycotts of the show or
end up “sanitizing” his re- network.q

3rd GOP debate to be capped at 2 hours

DAVID BAUDER had told the hosting net- The most recent debate,
AP Television Writer work they would not ap- on CNN, lasted three hours
NEW YORK (AP) — CNBC pear at the debate unless with commercial breaks, a
and the Republican presi- it was capped at two hours duration that left some of
dential candidates agreed including commercials and the candidates complain-
on the format for their third the candidates were al- ing. Since the debates
debate a day after lead- lowed to speak directly to have set records for high
ers Donald Trump and Ben the camera at its opening ratings, television networks
Carson threatened to boy- and close. have an incentive to keep
cott unless they got their The Republican National the candidates onstage
way, the network said. Committee and candi- and on the air for as long
The Oct. 28 debate will be dates began discussing as they possibly can.
two hours long and will in- the format on Wednesday, CNBC had initially called
clude closing statements RNC spokesman Sean Spic- for no opening and closing
from the candidates, CNBC er said. statements, which made
spokesman Brian Steel said CNBC had proposed two some candidates unhap-
Friday. hours of debating time not py because it would take
The billionaire business- including four commercial away their best chance
man and the retired neu- breaks, meaning the time to speak directly to vot-
rosurgeon, in a joint letter the candidates would be ers without having to be
to CNBC’s Washington onstage would be about called on to respond to a
bureau chief on Thursday, 15 minutes longer. question.q