When is MSNBC Going to Remove Sharpton for Lying?

Sharpton lied about being a Mob rat to the FBI. Now that Brian Williams was suspended for six months for lying, when is Sharpton going to get the boot?

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/al-sharpton-lies-657391

That guy was running around A.C. back in the 70's 80's? looking to do anything for money.
What is he a big shot now ?
He was always with some of the black boxing guys.(can i say black still)
He was at one of our clubs one night with Mr T yes Mr T

That guy should have lost all credibility a thousand times over. He's not going anywhere apparently

Imagine if we treated the politicians who lied about Iraq the way we treat journalists.

Can you imagine if the politicians that lied about Iraq had to go through what the mob guys and there family's had to go through.The laws would change so fast there would not be time for war...

Al Sharpton is a journalist?

I thought it would be obvious that I was talking about Brian Williams.

Brian Williams is a Journalist?

What were those lies I forget?

The Tawana Brawley Charlatan lost whatever credibility he had (if he ever had any) decades ago. The fact that people follow him, and MSNBC pays him, speaks volumes about their lack of intelligence.

he doesn't belong on national television, hes more of a sideshow, hes a funny looking clown. with no substance.

when is main stream news media going to be removed?

we watch the "News" for laughs and comedy central for serious information. that is what things have come to.

the biggest mistake of my life is failing to realize up is really down and left is really right soon enough.

an old boss of mine used to say "don't believe all of what you hear and half of what you see".

if you follow that you will be right much often than not.

CNN is garbage.
MSNBC is garbage.
Fox news is garbage.

Sharpton was only given a platform because he's divisive enough to bring in ratings and MSNBC, which desperately wants to be as popular as Fox News yet has failed to draw in any liberals.

really the problem with news is that its geared towards sensationalism rather than providing information. Great example. That Malaysian airliner went missing. If you watched CNN for the next 40 days (I counted) they would air 23 hours of plane crash reporting with dubious "aviation experts", postulating several times that the disappeared plane could have been sucked up by a black hole, or even been smited by god or something. Why? Ratings. During that whole time I would have liked to know what Putin was doing.

And that's the same reason they hired Sharpton. He's a public figure who draws a much bigger crowd than Ronan Farrow or Chris Hayes.

yes, barrettm, I think you have the right idea about mainstream news, if you can call it news. I don't know if you have ever watched the news from England [the bbc] there is a great difference.

the bbc seems to be a real world news organization, our mainstream news is indeed shameful.

The original point, though. Brian Williams was suspended, and it was certainly justified. But Al Sharpton is a hundred times the liar that Williams is. Where's his suspension?

Everybody knows he's a clown so I'm not sure if a suspension will do anything to change anyone's mind about him. The same morons will still follow him and listen to him when he returns anyway so what does it matter?

Al Sharpton and MSNBC opinion news - just like those jackasses on Fox who lie nonstop about Obama and the other jackasses on MSNBC who lie about conservatives. Brian Williams on the other hand was the number one news anchor reporting the national news - not his opinion - he was "reporting news." And therefore he's held to a higher standard.

That's why only idiots watch cable news - they don't hold those guys to the same standards whatsoever.

And I agree with you there. But something tells me that if Sharpton WAS an anchor, he'd still get a pass. Just saying.

Yeah but Sharpton wouldn't ever be able to get a job as an anchor in the first place - far too polarizing.

I don't think Sharpton holds as much sway as he used to - his jig was up 10 years ago and has just gotten worse. MSNBC is desperate because liberals get their news from the internet and hate cable and opinion-based news.

Obama has met with Sharpton, but that's likely because Sharpton's organization is still the largest civil rights org in the country - but Sharpton ain't no fucking "advisor" like people want to claim. I gotta believe Obama - who apparently hates Jesse Jackson - likely smiles for the cameras with Sharpton, then gets the fuck away from him.

Chicago-based Jesse Jackson is probably considered a competitor to Obama, definitely a competitor to Sharpton although they play nice when on stage together.

The problem isn't just that Sharpton gets away with lying, distorting and misleading on an almost daily basis on his MSNBC program, but that he's gotten away with it for so long. There's also the issue of his unpaid taxes that others go to jail for.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-fina...an-al-sharpton/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/nyregi...uence.html?_r=0

Sharpton called the New York Times story biased against him and that people don't like Obama (apparently trying to link himself to Obama, but the New York Times is one of Obama's biggest supporters) and Bill De Blasio (how is that relevant?).

As for Sharpton being Obama's adviser, I doubt Obama gets that far away from him if he's gone to the White House at least SEVENTY-TWO TIMES! Some of those included one-to-one meetings with President Obama. David Axelrod, an official senior adviser, met with Obama in one-to-one meetings 14 times. Sharpton, who is/was not an official adviser, met with him one-on-one 5 times. There was an additional 20 times where he met Obama together with staff and/or advisers. In the end, Rudy Giuliani exaggerated when he called Sharpton a "close adviser," but someone with that many visits is an adviser.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact...up-to-85-times/

agree

The dumbing down of Americans via news outlets is one of the best versions of the 3 card monte ever.

Elected officials don't serve the public, they serve lobbyists and pacs. They understand our individual fears, desires, and biases and exploit those through the media. Average person can't tell you what either party is doing that benefits THEM but I bet they can tell you what "those liberals" or "those conservatives" are doing wrong. At that point the 3 card monte is working perfectly, and you've become distracted from what the issues are.

Basic but very effective con game.

getthesenets, yes, you are correct, and, its been going on forever, I believe most of the propaganda started with Lyndon Johnson and the war in Vietnam. walter Cronkite was probably the worst propagandist of any, during the war, for years he was nothing more than a spokesman for the pentagon. only when he went to Vietnam himself did he change his mind about the war.

and the way the mainstream media treated the buildup to the Iraq war was enough to convince many that the news we were getting was exactly what bush and co. wanted, namely propaganda.

+1000

They all suck, and they're all in bed together. The End.

I'm sure Sharpton would want you to believe he's basically David Axelrod though

Duke Lacrosse case

Bring bak Countdown wit keith Olbermann I loved how he bashed O Reilly

I know this an engaging topic but why isn't this in the general section?

I've always wondered how the hosts/members of these shows feel who probably wanted to bring the unbiased news to people, and now whether its Fox/Msnbc/Cnn, etc, they have to put up with the extremely biased, partisan news that brings in ratings whether it's from Sharpton or anyone else, or they'll be replaced in a heartbeat. Music has always been the go to place for sellouts which usually results in former fans bitching about how bad Music is nowadays, but something as important as Mainstream News makes it terrifying.

Because he lied about being a Mob informant, so relevant to OC.

The first episode of the Sopranos I ever watched featured a character that might have been loosely based on Sharpton.

Many of you will instantly recall the episode, the scenes, and what I'm getting at.

Religious figure is on a construction site protesting for more AA employees, subcontractors, etc...media is there. both "sides" of the issue are fighting each other..some OC tough guys are there to intimidate the "trouble makers",


SPOILER



OF COURSE, The clergyman and Tony meet up later in private to laugh about the charade they are pulling for the public and money is exchanged

I thought it was a great storyline.

In recent years I've always felt that Sharpton's presence and visibility helps "the other side" of the political spectrum. In wrestling terms, he's a heel that can be brought up to incite the emotions of people and distract them from whatever the actual issue is.

I think you nailed it, Getthesenets.

Ask and you shall recieve-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...rogramming.html

Do I hear an AMEN?!?

Media accountability is a very grave danger for this country , literally brainwashing our population with either the most useless shit , most biased , polarizing or mostly just plain in accurate info for purposes against the interest of the common regular man or family

Geez if you ever have a minute , research operation mockingbird which details how the CIA had over 400 journalists write whatever they told them for God knows what reasons

I'm really hoping this Brian Williams is made an example of and brings us more to the days where news and journalism actually required research and work , rather than what brings the most ratings but I doubt it lol

He is a scumbag- Thats why