Posted on 09/21/2019 12:41:44 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
MSNBC host has historical issues with facts, names, spelling
MSNBC PoliticsNation host Al Sharpton mourned the passing of journalist Cokie Roberts on Tuesday by sending out a tweet with pictures of the still-living journalist Christiane Amanpour.
Sharpton tweeted, "Saddened to hear of the passing of legendary journalist Cookie [sic] Roberts. Here is a Easter Sunday special we did in 2011. May she Rest In Peace," along with several pictures of Amanpour. Aside from the obvious misidentification of the deceased, Sharpton misspelled Roberts's name.
Critics were quick to point out Sharpton's errors, and he deleted the tweet.
Justin Baragona ✔ @justinbaragona Al Sharpton just deleted this tweet in which he said he was "saddened to hear of the passing of legendary journalist Cookie Roberts" while sharing images of Christiane Amanpour
Roberts worked for decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio and ABC News. She died on Tuesday in Washington, D.C., after a long battle with breast cancer.
Amanpour is the chief international anchor for CNN and hosts Amanpour & Company on PBS. She lives in London.
Sharpton, who began his career as a civil rights activist, has a history of mispronouncing, misspelling, and misidentifying people, places, and things while on TV.
In August 2018, he misspelled legendary soul singer Aretha Franklin's most famous lyric in her 1967 hit "Respect." Sharpton was criticizing President Donald Trump for his treatment of former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman, whom the president called a "dog" on Twitter.
"So in the words of my late friend Aretha Franklin, show some R-E-S-P-I-C-T, and the next time you get a black woman and a beagle confused, remember this: I got you," Sharpton said in response to Trump's insult.
The word "respect" is not spelled that way in Franklin's hit.
Throughout his many years as a TV anchor, Sharpton has produced a long and fabled history of gaffes and mistakes.
Good God Matt Gaetz shook him. This was hilariously awkward.
Intellectually speaking, I think Al Sharpton and Juan Williams are the moron brothers.
AL CHARLATAN saud that all Trayvon Martin had with him were “some skillets.”
ROFL
Was he planning on cooking something?
Biden’s ancestors had a few in the woodpile.
He was planning on cooking skittles, Arizona watermelon tea and Robitusin to make the drug cocktail “Lean.”
He had just bought two of the three ingredients at the 7-11.
Funny.
Heaven forbid if POTUS did this!!
Why? All us old white cracka’s look alike anyway...
Smh...and these dumb liberal racists are supposed to have a microgram of credibility or relevance...
We all look alike, don’t we Sharpie?
Priceless.
This stuff is why the Onion folded up.
No one has ever accused Sharpton of being smart or even sane.
Cokie might have at one time been considered cute, if you’re blind and just got out of prison. Amanpoor is no ways cute and would render normal men impotent.
LOL...isn't that the truth?
Quoting Reverend Al: “Resist we much.”
Well, in NotSoSharpton’s defense, all those left wing bitches look alike.
As Al, says “All white women look alike.” Or he might use a more insulting term when talking to his Rapper followers.
Forget it. He’s rollin’...
He got his whiteys mixed up.
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