More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
In an interview with Donald Trump on Thursday’s NBC Today, co-host Savannah Guthrie wondered why the Republican presidential candidate accepted an invitation to host Saturday Night Live: “As you are perfectly aware, there are Latino groups that are outside protesting NBC and SNL because you are hosting this weekend. Are you surprised that SNL asked you to host after there was this acrimonious split with NBC back in the summer? And why did you accept?”
Trump replied: “Well, it wasn't so acrimonious. The Apprentice, as you know, they renewed, and they renewed it with me for 28 sessions and they wanted to do it, but I decided I wanted to run for president...I told Steve Burke, who’s a fantastic guy at Comcast, and I said, ‘You know, I'm going to run’....there's no problem whatsoever with NBC.”