Howard Kurtz Wonders 'How on Earth' MSNBC Lets Al Sharpton Be Both Activist and Anchor...

NewsBusters ^ | March 26, 2012 | Matt Hadro

[maggief]

CNN's Howard Kurtz was astonished that MSNBC has allowed Al Sharpton to be both an activist and a news anchor in covering the Trayvon Martin shooting. Near the beginning of his 11 a.m. Sunday show Reliable Sources, Kurtz maintained that Sharpton should have had to choose between activism and journalism in that case.

Kurtz asked "how on earth can Al Sharpton go there, and be an activist and stand with the parents and he asked people to contribute money and he went to the Justice Department with the parents of Trayvon Martin....And then he does his show and then he speaks at the rally again?" [Video below the break. Audio here.]

[denydenydeny]

Because without him the MSNBC host line-up would be whiter than a Klan meeting.

[The_Media_never_lie]

I seem to remember Rev. Al Sharpton was a major player in the Tawana Brawley hoax.

One would think Rev. Al would have had to choose between being a reverend and a race huckster, too.

[tcrlaf]

Per a story on FR in 2008-ish, 58% of NBC NEw York Staffers are GLBTQ.

Given that, why does this surprise you?

[rawcatslyentist]

>"Howard Kurtz Wonders 'How on Earth' MSNBC Lets Al Sharpton Be Both Activist and Anchor... "

They have a coupon for Clorox to clean the fecal residue.

[tina07]

Thank you, saved me the trouble of writing the same thing...