Al Franken will love this . . . . . .
President Trump has attacked SNL more than he rebuked a Saudi prince who ordered the execution of a journalist who had been living in the United States. Trump has been more vocal in his complaints about SNL’s use of the First Amendment to satirize himself and his administration than he has been about white supremacist violence on the rise in the country. In fact, Trump has been more critical of SNL than he has been of even the so-called “MAGA Bomber,” a Trump supporter who sent bombs to several prominent Democrats.
In response to Trump’s repeated complaints, executives at NBC and the producers of SNL announced this morning that they are going to alter the show’s broadcast slightly to accommodate the man who will soon be the most powerful person in the world.
“Clearly we have a massive triggering effect on Mr. Trump,” SNL co-executive producer Haley Miles told reporters during an early Sunday morning conference call, “and so we’ll be adding a Trump Trigger Warning to every broadcast of our satirical comedy show that has lampooned every president since it began in 1975. ”
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Beginning with next week’s broadcast, Seaborn said, just before the show begins with its signature “cold open” sketch that traditionally ends with someone or some people shouting, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night,” a white screen with red text will flash up, alerting President Trump to avert his eyes and ears. Seaborn said the full text of the trigger warning hasn’t been finalized, but he said he and SNL producers have a general idea about what it should say.
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