Posted on 08/24/2011 5:28:30 PM PDT by jazusamo
Cable network gives Obama ally his own show for election year
MSNBC is looking to please its friends at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The No. 3 cable-news network announced Tuesday that it would give rabble-rouser Al Sharpton the 6 p.m. show, “PoliticsNation.” That time slot opened in July when former host Cenk Uygur stormed out over being told by MSNBC President Phil Griffin that “people in Washington” were concerned with his tone. As Mr. Uygur told CNN’s Howard Kurtz, “They’re concerned that we’re too aggressive against Democrats.”
Mr. Griffin doesn’t have to worry about receiving complaints regarding a known Obama administration ally. Mr. Sharpton has been invited to hang out in the Oval Office and be present for a bill signing. In April, President Obama even flew to New York to speak at a fundraiser for Mr. Sharpton’s National Action Network. Mr. Uygur cited a “60 Minutes” interview in which Mr. Sharpton confirmed that he will never speak ill of the president, even on issues important to blacks. “The guy who was criticizing the president is out - even though he had really good ratings - and the guy who has decided not to criticize the president about anything is in. That’s interesting,” Mr. Uygur said.
This is only the latest example of a Democratic political hack being given the role supposedly reserved for serious journalists...
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At least the NAACP can no longer claim that there are no black anchors on the cable networks in prime time, which I think was the real reason Sharpie got the job in the first place.
They now have the worse in everything.
Tap-dancin’ Uncle Tom Stepin Fetchit for the Left.
Up until now, MSNBC has been exclusively angry white men.
heh, heh, heh
Agreed.
Is MSNBC not aware of its demographic of white liberals? Even they would not watch Sharpton. Sharpton is so dumb he would not even draw a crowd on BET. He needs to be back on the streets with the race mongering bottom feeders that follow him.
Has anyone noticed that no one bothers to call this fat-ass racist piece of crap “Reverend’’ anymore?
LOL!
That was one of his first scams, I believe he was about 10 when ordained. He started his flim flam act at a young age.
What about number 3? YOU MEAN THAT”S A WOMAN!?! Holy Smokes, I need these old eyeballs checked and pronto! All this time I’m wondering “Who is this Rachel Maddow guy and why is he so pissed off?’’
Yeah, right? As I’ve said before, to those of us in the NJ/NY area ‘’The Rev’’ is an old story— and it’s all bad!
That’s hilarious, Breitbart got it exactly right. The scam artist never has been able to get the mush out of his mouth.
Do the advertisers know they will be sponsoring an inflammatory
racist who has been at least partially responsible for the deaths of
a number of people, including minorities?
I bet they put him on against BOR, just to claim that BOR's audience
are all racists for not watching Sharpton.
I actually walked past Sharpton in the street a few times (I guess he was heading for one of the TV studios). I was shocked to discover how short and fat he is in person.
Are you sure about Matthews? Of course no one has any doubts about Maddow, that’s a man or grass ain’t green.
Amazing! You managed to insult CRAP!
“Is MSNBC not aware of its demographic of white liberals? Even they would not watch Sharpton. Sharpton is so dumb he would not even draw a crowd on BET. He needs to be back on the streets with the race mongering bottom feeders that follow him.”
This is good news; it further highlights the divide between real Americans and the media/government cabal in power today.
“What time slot are they blowing on him?”
Really, what did they have to lose?
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