NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell Believes Trump Town Hall Is ‘Fair’ (Exclusive)

NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell thinks it is “fair” to forge ahead with Donald Trump’s town hall Thursday evening, a highly placed NBCUniversal insider told TheWrap. This, despite mounting public calls for NBC to move the event away from Democratic rival Joe Biden’s own town hall in the same 8 p.m. ET time slot on ABC. The decision to program Trump’s town hall against Biden’s was made by NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde, the insider said. Shell was aware of the chairman of the NBCUniversal News Group’s call, the individual said, and supported the decision then and still supports it. “We share in the frustration that our event will initially air alongside the first half of ABC’s broadcast with Vice President Biden,” Conde said Thursday in a statement. “Our decision is motivated only by fairness, not business considerations. We aired a town hall with Vice President Biden on October 5 at 8pm. If we were to move our town hall with President Trump to a later time slot we would be violating our commitment to offer both campaigns access to the same audience and the same forum. We hope voters will watch both discussions — ours will be available at...

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