Some TV Stations Not on Sharpton’s Dance Card
From Times Wire Reports
Al Sharpton busted some James Brown moves on his “Saturday Night Live” appearance, but not everyone had a chance to see them. Several NBC affiliates refused to carry “Saturday Night Live” with Sharpton as host for fear it would activate federal “equal time provisions” and compel them to offer air time to the eight other Democratic presidential hopefuls.
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