When CNN hired Elliot Spitzer many complained hiring the disgraced former governor was a new low in cable news. Allow me to submit to you that with the hiring of “Reverend” Al Sharpton to be their 6pm host, MSNBC has
You may not be aware of this, but when Keith Olbermann was fired – sorry, I think we’re supposed to say “agreed to part ways” – at MSNBC there was a shakeup in their lineup which left the 6pm slot
Exchanging one aimless rambler for another, albeit exponentially more incendiary one. From Media Bistro: Now TVNewser hears Uygur may be moved out of the 6pm hour, possibly to be replaced by Al Sharpton. When the host changes happened earlier this
This isn’t the first time Contessa Brewer has stuck her foot in her mouth: [youtube pHwRN0agLhI nolink] h/t KL South
Can there be a creepier combination of people? And does it not strike these “liberals” as positively Orwellian to celebrate the fact that a multi-million dollar organization sits and monitors every word uttered by non-liberals in the media? Leftists, thy
In my recent article on 60 Minutes and its coverage of Al Sharpton, I mentioned a little about the Dunbar Village rape story. This is another one of those stories (like Pigford) that SHOULD be something everyone in America has
Yes, the budget is now racist.
News of the death of legendary composer John Barry got me perusing through his astoundingly prolific repertoire of classic film scores. Although he is most famous for scoring the many James Bond films (even if his role in penning the
(St. Louis) Let’s imagine that Washington University’s student government decided to put on a conference on Race. Let’s say they invited Al Sharpton as a guest speaker, and in initial negotiation, agreed to pay him his usual $30-50,000 speaking fee.
Apparently oblivious to recent calls for civility, Obama’s Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and teacher union boss Randi Weingarten (who the union paid more than $600,000 in 2010) gave speeches in front of a “No Justice – No Peace” banner
Recent student protests against tuition increases in the U.K. and California demonstrate that such upticks invoke strong reactions in student communities and can quickly spiral out of control. For two years President Obama and Congressional Democrats have pushed federal policies
Before Al Sharpton was trying to dictate what Rush Limbaugh can say on the public airwaves, he was using politically incorrect language on television. We can find no instance of liberals at the time demanding that Sharpton be taken off
Some of the same members of the media, who once sold us on the idea of President Obama being a post racial and post partisan President more than two years ago, are demanding that he gets tougher with his political
While appearing on Ed Schultz’s MSNBC show November 17, 2010, Al Sharpton joined Schultz in criticizing Rush Limbaugh for “race-[baiting]” and using “federally-regulated airwaves to malign people.” Sharpton was bothered by the fact that Limbaugh dared talked about the racism
Al Sharpton is on a censorship mission to abridge the free speech of anyone who would dare criticize the platform that keeps him in the realm of relevancy. His sight is set upon Rush Limbaugh and recently on MSNBC he
Fighting against terrorism, an evil which rejects all the basic moral and legal norms of civilized society, is inherently difficult for liberal democracies such as the United States. It forces us to find the right balance between the protection of
More at Radio Equalizer: SHARP-LY REPRESSIVE Al Sharpton suggests that the FCC should revoke licenses of stations who carry Rush Limbaugh because of “a racial and gender bias format”.
The American Public has come to know firebrand Reverend Al Sharpton as the #1Black Leader in the media. Sharpton has billed himself as the voice of fairness, balance and authority, when it comes to the issues racial injustice in the
I happen to like Matt Taibbi’s writing chops. Indeed, were I a member of the left-wing intelligentsia whose definition of journalism is to first come up with a thesis and then go off in search of evidence to support it
Reason.tv reports from the “One Nation” rally for “Jobs, Justice, and Education” on Saturday, October 2 in Washington, D.C. The event was organized by the NAACP, the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of Teachers, the Service Employees International Union, and other
Saturday, August 28, 2010, my husband, two daughters, and I attended the Restoring Honor rally in Washington D.C. It was a wonderful experience for us all. The crowd was huge (500,000 + people), very peaceful, and individuals were kind and
Last weekend, I had the privilege of attending the “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington, D.C. While I’m proud to be an American each and every day, I was especially proud on that day. The feeling I had being amongst so
Al Sharpton is not happy with Glenn Beck. On The O’Reilly Factor yesterday he took umbrage with Beck’s desire to “take back the Civil Rights movement.” Now, as I see it there are several reasons a so-called Black Community leader
Please Larry King, retire already and take Al Sharpton with you. Blind leading the blind (that’s a Christian reference, by the way) as King and Sharpton discussed Barack Obama’s religion last night. Of course, they mentioned that Obama “cleared things
