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November 26, 2024
Corruption
Media

MSNBC Claims It Had No Idea Kamala Paid Al Sharpton $500K Before On-Air Interview.

MSNBC claims it was initially unaware of Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign payments to network host Al Sharpton‘s National Action Network non-profit before his interview with the 2024 Democrat presidential nominee. The group received $500,000 through two payments from the Harris campaign on September 5 and October 1.

The donations were made public weeks before his interview with Harris on October 20. During the interview, which many have described as softball, Sharpton praised Harris and criticized now President-elect Donald J. Trump. The timing of the contributions has drawn criticism from journalists questioning the network’s journalistic integrity.

In the aftermath, MSNBC has faced backlash, including from the Society of Professional Journalists, which criticized the network for lacking transparency about potential conflicts of interest. The organization emphasized that this type of entanglement diminishes Sharpton’s and MSNBC’s credibility.

An MSNBC spokesman stated that the network was “unaware” of the donations to Sharpton’s non-profit. They declined to address whether any action would be taken against Sharpton, citing a policy of not commenting on personnel matters.

Former Congressman John Linder called the Harris-Sharpton MSNBC interview effectively a “campaign commercial.” Meanwhile, hedge fund manager Bill Ackman alleged the payments were attempts to  “manipulate the audience” when Sharpton interviewed Harris on MSNBC.

The controversy has sparked discussions about the ethical responsibilities of media organizations and their contributors. The network has previously taken similar actions, including suspending Joe Scarborough and Keith Olbermann in 2010 for making political donations.

MSNBC’s ratings collapsed after the 2024 election, with its flagship morning show, Morning Joe, losing nearly 20 percent of its audience. The flagging viewership has led parent company Comcast to consider selling the network, and Elon Musk has expressed interest in purchasing it.

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MSNBC claims it was initially unaware of Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign payments to network host Al Sharpton's National Action Network non-profit before his interview with the 2024 Democrat presidential nominee. The group received $500,000 through two payments from the Harris campaign on September 5 and October 1. show more
November 14, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News

MSNBC Faces Backlash Over Al Sharpton’s Pre-Interview Payment from Kamala Harris.

MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton is facing criticism following reports that his non-profit received $500,000 from Kamala Harris’s campaign ahead of a softball interview with the Vice President. Financial records indicated that the Harris-Walz campaign made two payments, each amounting to $250,000, to Sharpton’s National Action Network on September 5 and October 1.

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is among those voicing concerns over the payments, suggesting there were attempts to  “manipulate the audience” when Sharpton interviewed Harris on MSNBC.

The then-Democratic candidate effusively praised Sharpton during the appearance, calling him ‘Rev’ and saying, “You have been such an extraordinary leader over all of your years. You have been a voice of truth, a voice of conscience.”

Sharpton has been described as a “genuine bigot” even in The New York Times, with Brown University professor Glenn Loury calling him “an ambulance-chasing, anti-Semitic, anti-white race hustler.”

Former Congressman John Linder says the Harris-Sharpton MSNBC interview was effectively a “campaign commercial,” with the host echoing the Democratic nominee’s campaign talking points and criticizing rival candidate Donald J. Trump.

The Harris campaign’s financial management generally has been questioned, with reports indicating it spent over $1 billion and still ended up $20 million in debt. Expenditures reportedly included paying around a million dollars to a company owned by billionaire talk show host Oprah Winfrey, who endorsed Harris on the campaign trail.

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MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton is facing criticism following reports that his non-profit received $500,000 from Kamala Harris's campaign ahead of a softball interview with the Vice President. Financial records indicated that the Harris-Walz campaign made two payments, each amounting to $250,000, to Sharpton's National Action Network on September 5 and October 1. show more
February 5, 2024
William Upton
Immigration

Even Al Sharpton Calls it a Border Invasion.

MSNBC host Al Sharpton acknowledged on Monday that illegal immigrants are invading the United States’ southern border. During an appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Sharpton pressed Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Democrat efforts to pressure the Senate into passing the Ukraine/Border Security funding supplemental.

“You’re getting migrants beating up policemen in the streets of New York. You’re seeing an influx of migrants all over the country that frankly have people outraged,” Sharpton said before adding: “We’re looking every day at the invasion of migrants.”

Recent data shows that 65 percent, or almost a full two-thirds of Americans, say it is “very accurate” or “somewhat accurate” to describe the Biden-made crisis at the U.S. border as an “invasion” of the United States.

Sharpton, a one-time candidate for the Democrat presidential nomination, encouraged Sen. Murphy and his colleagues to back a public pressure campaign against Congressional Republicans to generate support for the supplemental funding deal. Released late on Sunday, the legislation has already drawn sharp criticism from many Senate Republicans and a handful of Democrats. In the House, Speaker Mike Johnson said the bill would “be dead on arrival.”

The Senate legislation, critics contend, does little to address border security and would hamper efforts by a future presidential administration to shut down the border. In addition, the deal has drawn criticism for expanding immigrant work visas and creating a fast-track asylum system — bypassing immigration courts. An estimated 5,000 illegal immigrants are released into the U.S. each week, a figure even acknowledged by the Biden Government.

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MSNBC host Al Sharpton acknowledged on Monday that illegal immigrants are invading the United States' southern border. During an appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe, Sharpton pressed Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Democrat efforts to pressure the Senate into passing the Ukraine/Border Security funding supplemental. show more