This video originally aired on the East Coast broadcast of SNL in 1998 but was edited out of the West Coast broadcast a couple hours later. It spells out in terms rather critical of GE, NBC’s parent company, why we really need the equal time in broadcast.

[H/T Nick L and TCM]

Lisa Derrick

Lisa Derrick

Los Angeles native, attended UC Berkeley and Loyola Marymount University before punk rock and logophilia overtook her life. Worked as nightclub columnist, pop culture journalist and was a Hollywood housewife before writing for and editing Sacred History Magazine. Then she discovered the thrill of politics. She also appears frequently on the Dave Fanning Show, one of Ireland's most popular radio broadcasts.

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