NBC "will cease" to broadcast Trump's anti-immigration campaign

Once again, the NFL is at the center of the political drama. But this time, the league and its players are not directly involved.

During the Patriots 'and Packers' Sunday game, NBC released a 30-second version of a highly controversial ad for Republicans who, without evidence, imply a connection between immigration and crime. The ad, endorsed by President Trump, was intended to foment a caravan of migrants heading to the United States ahead of Tuesday's mid-term elections. CNN had refused to broadcast the ad, calling it "racist," but NBC chose to broadcast it on "Sunday Night Football," a show aired weekly in the United States.

On Monday morning, NBC backtracked, saying in a statement that "after further examination, we recognize the insensitivity of advertising and decided to stop broadcasting it in our properties as soon as possible."

Given that the advertising has already been broadcast to a wide audience and the mid-term elections will only take place in two days, it seems "inactive" to make it appear for "insensitive" reasons, which would seem to be lock the barn door long after the galloping horse. in front of millions of viewers, but the fact that NBC even takes this little late position is a precedent for the 2020 elections.

Controversial and false claims of the announcement

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Debra Messing, star of "Will and Grace" of NBC, spoke to Twitter to express outrage at the announcement:

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