Activists Pledge To Go After 'SNL' Advertisers Over Donald Trump Appearance

Discussion in 'Off-Topic' started by truebluefan, Nov 5, 2015.

  1. truebluefan

    truebluefan Administrator Staff Member Administrator

    Joined:
    Apr 15, 2010
    Messages:
    212,768
    Likes Received:
    821
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Several dozen activists gathered Wednesday in front of NBC’s headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center demanding the network rescind an invitation to GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to host “Saturday Night Live" on Nov. 7 and vowing to pressure the network's advertisers to join their cause.

    Tweeting with the hashtag #RacismIsntFunny, activists handed off petitions bearing more than 500,000 signatures asking NBCUniversal to find another guest host for this week’s appearance, along with a letter to “SNL” Executive Producer Lorne Michaels and NBCUniversal President Steve Burke making the same demand.

    The protest followed a flurry of pointed criticism from dozens of Latino advocacy groups and Hispanic politicians in recent weeks outraged that the network invited Trump to host “SNL” even after NBCUniversal severed its business ties with the candidate for describing Mexican immigrants as “rapists” who are “bringing crime” and “bringing drugs” to the U.S.

    Read more http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ick-off-donald-trump_563a7654e4b0307f2cabd654
     

Share This Page