Al Sharpton to Join MSNBC As a Host; He's a Perfect Fit for Network
Update: Our good friend Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer was ahead of the curve with a post on July 14 about signals that Sharpton was joining MSNBC.
When MSNBC shuffled Ed Schultz up to the 10 p.m. slot they placed left-wing blogger and radio host Cenk Uygur (pronounced jenk you-gur) in the 6 p.m. Eastern time slot that Ed vacated as an interim host.
But Uygur has been curiously absent from his dinnertime perch since early July, with the Rev. Al Sharpton filling in but not explaining why Uygur was out. Yesterday MSNBC announced that Uygur had officially left the network and today the New York Times is reporting that Sharpton's hiring as a full-time host is "imminent."
The past is prologue, so a look back at Sharpton's wacky pronouncements to date should be instructive. We at NewsBusters have a full archive on Al Sharpton that you can find here, but I thought we'd highlight a few items that stand out.
Who can forget the time, for example, when Sharpton insisted on March 21, 2010 that "we have to say the American public overwhelmingly voted for socialism when they elected President Obama"? Sharpton was defending passage of ObamaCare and dismissing Republicans who claimed that the bill's passage was against the wishes of the American public.
It was a fine moment of raw honesty from the good Reverend, but as we've seen in the past two weeks, Sharpton has been remarkably good at adapting his message to toe MSDNC's party line.
Sharpton, you may recall, has been portraying Obama as more Reaganesque than the Tea Party, and saying that as a way to compliment Obama and bash conservatives over the debt ceiling fight.
One might even argue Sharpton is ahead of MSNBC's bias curve. In April 2010, Sharpton agreed with a guest on his radio program who suggested that Rush Limbaugh's political commentary may set off unbalanced, violent people. MSNBC really picked up that drumbeat in early 2011 after the Gabby Giffords shooting.
The days of Sharpton proudly declaring Obama to be socialistic may be long gone, but his penchant for race-baiting is sure to shine through.
For example, just last month, Sharpton suggested Republican presidential Rick Santorum was racist for saying that America "was great before 1965." Santorum was referring to the advent of LBJ's Great Society, including programs like Medicare, but Sharpton hinted that Santorum really meant the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Sharpton's deranged view of Republican candidates doesn't stop at Santorum, of course. In July 2009, following Michael Jackson's death, Sharpton failed to call out a caller on her crazy theory that former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have had something to do with Jackson's death:
FEMALE CALLER: He (Michael Jackson) is truly the soundtrack of my life. I also have a theory about Sarah Palin as well and I'm going to put it out there on radio, hopefully someone can investigate.
But, I think maybe she did something to Michael Jackson. Maybe there's a scandal there. Maybe she's stepping down because something's about to come out. I don't know, but I'm gonna just put it out there on your show so we'll see.
SHARPTON: All right, thank you for your call, Ashley. That's interesting. I'll put it out, we'll see. I don't know.
No objective journalist by any stretch, Al Sharpton is a media-hungry race hustler who has, with the media's help gradually been mainstreamed to the point of acceptable employment by the liberal "establishment" at MSNBC.
He's a perfect fit for a network devoted to Obama boosterism and trashing conservatives.
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Get rid of a dopey
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:17pm.
Get rid of a dopey Mooooooooooooooslem America hater............and replace him with a dopey race-baiting criminal. Good move.
Actually Cenk is an agnostic.
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:43pm.
Actually Cenk is an agnostic. Raised Muslim but not practicing. He's also a former Republican. Kinda like Ed Schultz.
Does that make him a
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:23pm.
Does that make him a 'apostate'........which is on par with an 'infidel', at least??? Did I get the 'America-hater' part right???
Yeah, I know Shultz's story.......but his true personality and agenda outweigh ( if that is possible with the Fargo FatAss) whatever party line he might have claimed to be. Hell, I don't even claim to be a Republican..........and I've said that to lib friends of mine, on the grounds that Republicans are too wimpy for me. You outta see them recoil in shock!!!
MAKE THAT A LYING...
Submitted by OldJarhead77 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 4:54pm.
RACE BAITING, RACIST, ANTI SEMITE MURDERER!!!! He is Just as responsible for the deaths in Crown Heights HE ENCOURAGED THE ACT he showed DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE.... Now some will say that all he wanted was the Jews to be gone so his Black Brothers and sisters could take thier shops and run them.............. for the "Good of the Community."
IN TRUTH I COMPARE Sharpton to the typical NAZI of 1935-45 as the ones that hated the Jews but didn't really know why except the Government told them to!
Unbelievable! (Almost)
Submitted by iveseenitall on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:21pm.
Great hire for MSNBC: ignorant, inarticulate, uneducated,illogical, biased, criminal behavior in his background---to name a few characteristics. And dare I say "racist". How uplifting for American "journalism" (tabloid journalism, that is). Scheeze!
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal" (progressive)
You did say "a few"..
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:54pm.
...but, please allow me to add reactionary, disingenuous, rabble-rousing, and divisive.
No mo Fox
Submitted by Franksam on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:18pm.
I never quite understood his popularity as a guest on various Fox shows, except as a foil. I guess he won't be going there any more.
That's a good thing
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:30pm.
Now, if Fox would just do something about their five o'clock timeslot.
The Five at Five gets exactly five seconds before I realize it's on and change the channel to Ina Garten's show. Not that I watched Beck, but my mom liked his show. This group would be okay if (1) they had a strong moderator to (2) eliminate all of the crosstalk, and (3) they need to blow up Bob Beckel on the air to get me back.
I like Eric Bolling, Dana Perino, and Greg Guttfeld....Andrea Tantoros more than the brunette prosecutor (can't think of her name).
Fox better figure this out quickly or their 5 o'clock hour will look like MSNBC. Better yet, dump The Five and give us a whole hour with Megyn Kelly....or let Cavuto have a second hour.
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I would limit that show to....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:56pm.
Dana and Greg - kind of a tag team between brains and wit.
I usually get home around 5.
Submitted by ricklail on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:19pm.
I usually get home around 5. If the TV was still on Fox from the morning I might watch a bit of Beck. I watched about 5 minutes of this the other day. Got enough of Beckel real fast. I'd like to see and hour of Stewart Varney. I can't watch it in the mornings
Beckel reminds me of a big
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:27pm.
Beckel reminds me of a big fat buffo toad - the kind that we have over here - with a bad hair dye job, the way he sits there hunched over, looking sullen and bummed out, just waiting to make some negative and surly comment. What the hell is his claim to fame??? He worked for Dukaikas or something?? Mondale?? Now that's a real resume enhancer, huh???
Benefits of Beckel
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:32pm.
Yeah, I know, hard to believe there are some benefits to the "toad" as you call him,but I like watching Andrea rake him over the coals any time he says something stupid, which is a regular thing when he just opens his mouth.
She's the kind of babe I like next to Megyn Kelly, whip smart, can speak several languages, and damn good looking too!
-Jon
Can we get Hope Solo on there
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:45pm.
Can we get Hope Solo on there too???
brunette prosecutor
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:34pm.
Is it Kimberly Guilfoyle?
-Jon
Yes
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 4:17pm.
Kimberly Guilfoyle is the alternate for Tantarros.
Or give John Stossel the slot.
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 4:43pm.
Your suggestions are good, too, J. As it is now, I find something to do around the house at 5p.m.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:23pm.
Only in America....
Just when you think MSLSD can't sink any lower in their
Submitted by virginia republican on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:25pm.
world of putrid, biased "journalism", they exceed your expectations. The kind of people Al Not So Sharpton would appeal too don't have much buying power and wouldn't get much of a premium from potential advertisers. But NBC/GE and now Comcast still don't care about making a buck for their stockholders. That ship sailed a long time ago.
One-Trick Sharpton
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:30pm.
Once again, this will backfire.
Even liberal whites will quickly tire of the monotonous "Black people are so victimized".
Eventually Sharpton crosses the line and says something so counterintuitively ignorant that liberal whites will say "I'd better quit watching him because I'm starting to agree that Sharpton's a self-absorbed know-nothing".
For it backfire means that
Submitted by Gat New York on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:37pm.
For it backfire means that someone had to have thought this was a good idea, or were they getting heat at MSNBC for not having any Black people on air.
→ Gat
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:43pm.
We are talking about the MS No Black Commentators network.
BREAKING: "Uyger found in garbage bag on 6th Avenue sidewalk,
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:30pm.
unresponsive and smeared with feces. Various racial epithets and slurs, including 'Turktard' and 'Camel Porker' were allegedly scrawled on his ample torso, according to EMT personnel."
sooth
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:43pm.
"Tawana Brawley could not be found for comment."
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
→ Tawanna Brawley
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:49pm.
She may be of some service to Eliot Spitzer.
→ An apology to whores everywhere
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:53pm.
A woman who knowingly, falsely accuses a man of rape, is considerably more depraved than a whore.
What's next?
Submitted by AR72 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:33pm.
What's next for MSNBC, "Storytime with Reverend Wright"? I thought Cenk was a hack, but now MSNBC has stooped even lower and hired a professional scam artist.
I've always figured that the
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:30pm.
I've always figured that the only reason Jeremiah Wright hasn't gotten some kind of TV show is because he is on Boy Barry's sh*t list, and the REGIME would probably put the squeeze on any outfit that wanted to hire him - at least publically. After all, like it or not, Wright is infinitly more honest that Obama, and he hasn't flip-flopped on his beliefs, however jaded they may be.
I want to see the headline
Submitted by HockeyKid on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:45pm.
"Out With Old Cenk, In With New"
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Flashback
Submitted by Joe W. on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:50pm.
Tawana Brawley's mom going to be his first guest??
Followed by...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:01pm.
several Duke lacrosse players.
Yep
Submitted by bkeyser on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:34pm.
I was just going to say: "Crystal Magnum had this to say from her jail cell, 'Congrats, Daddy. Now come get me oughta here!'"
This is Sharpton's biggest
Submitted by Bhaal on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 12:59pm.
This is Sharpton's biggest hustle to date. Movin on up...to the sky!
You know...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:00pm.
..this move is really going to quiet the chatter in the hallways at PMSLSD with a black man in the house. Of course, I'm sure the reverend would forgive any "slips" he might hear out of his big Christian heart. [sarc key off]
nice shot!
Submitted by pepperoniprince on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:12pm.
nice shot!
I'm guessing this was Al's
Submitted by motherbelt on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:10pm.
I'm guessing this was Al's intention from the beginning, when he started whining about the lack of blacks in cable news.....
Yep
Submitted by GregE on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 9:40pm.
......as usual, Sharpton's black this black that gets him included. If he thinks he's in due to any intellect, he better think again. Not that he cares really.
CORRECT pronunciation is...
Submitted by USMC8411 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:10pm.
Jenk-off Uighur. Like the Chinese wee-gur terrorists that sought asylum because China would, well, make them go away...
Maybe "reverend al" will now have a forum to clear up the cocaine thing...
Maybe he will tell us what the difference between a white interloper and a typical white person is... As he once stated:
“White folks was [sic] in caves while we was building empires.... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it.” Homos, reverend al?
Maybe Tawana Brawley will appear as regular on a guest segment to inform us about abduction and rape... The stuff maher and his guests advocate!
Maybe, with all of this debt ceiling mumbo jumbo, the "rev" can explain to us why he failed to pay taxes to the amount of 1.5 Million... (MSNBC attacked him on that BTW)
Oh yeah, the Crown Heights Riot... Freddie's fashion mart... Oh those Jews as the "reverend" said:
"If the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house" and referring to Jews as "diamond merchants."
And Mormons... What would a Baptist minister, a man of the cloth, have to say about any other religion? Let's see...
"As for the one Mormon running for office, those who really believe in God will defeat him anyways, so don't worry about that; that's a temporary situation."
Right down the middle again MSDNC... Great pick.
Seriously...
Submitted by pepperoniprince on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:10pm.
...how does this racist swine have any credibility after Brawley. Never apologized, paid the court costs, nothing. I never hear him invoke any "religion" into anything- funny for a minister, of sorts. He is very good at continually oppressing his own people, I'll give him that. Actually, he is a good fit for MSLIBBC2.0, an eye can be kept on him there.
Credibility?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:14pm.
You have to just take but one look when you ask about "credibility" when you consider Matthews, Maddow, and the others.
Al's a perfect fit over there, turds of a crapper(think birds of a feather) hang together. You got the sinkers(really heavy on crap) or the floaters (really light on crap but still crap). Good company.
-Jon
A guy which instigated a murder of another race?
Submitted by Funbowhunter on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:20pm.
and Tawana Brawley http://eightiesclub.tripod.com/id315.htm
http://husaria.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/al-sharptons-followers-burn-down...
SHAME ON THEM, they need to get some color on their network and they chose this putrid fellow? WOW
Sharpton
Submitted by jbruceb on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:42pm.
Three cheer fo' TAwana Brawley!
Three cheer fo' Tawana BRAWLEY!!
Three cheer fo' TAWANA BRAWLEY!!!
WONDERFUL NEWS
Submitted by cbeyer on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:47pm.
Sharpton, the ultimate race baiter (whoops forgot the Reverend Jackson..guess its a tie) is a perfect fit on MSNBC. This left wing loon MSDNC so called news network keeps trolling for liberal pond scum to fill its airwaves. Look for the Race Card to be played on a daily basis.
Sharpton has no credibility with anyone except committed leftists.
Well, they hired a black person. The ACLU will be happy.
Submitted by johnsonl on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 1:52pm.
Al Sharpton will hasten their ratings drop somewhat. Is it possible to fall faster with propulsion?
I don't get why intelligent
Submitted by Rusty Shackleford on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 2:47pm.
I don't get why intelligent and skeptical people are duped by Al Sharpton because he constantly pops up in various places to give his opinion on this or that. Dr. Phil used to be one of my guilty pleasures until Sharpton became a reoccurring guest on his show, and Glenn Beck *YES GLENN BECK* praised the guy and even had him on his show prior to 9/28!
While Beck was kissing up to Sharpton, I could tell that Sharpton looked extremely uncomfortable. I thought he was constantly waiting for Beck to call him out on something, but it never happened. Then just a month or so later Sharpton stabs Beck in the back by holding his anti-Beck 9/28 rally on the same day. I could not believe a man who repeatedly talks about being stabbed in the back by a photographer for some liberal news magazine would fall for Sharpton!
The guy isn't even photogenic because he's constantly doing that exaggerated frown. I'm glad the loon is on MSNBC and hope he continues to stab Beck in the back on a daily basis. Beck was a fool for ever trusting that guy.
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Bill Maher: The Joy Behar of HBO.
Paul Krugman: The Joy Behar of The New York Times.
Yeah, and Hannity is another Sharpton fan.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 2:57pm.
I just don't get it.
Don't get it?
Submitted by telecaster on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 9:38am.
Intelligent, skeptical people aren't duped. msnbc just keeps puttin' these clowns on. Doesn't really bother me because I don't watch but hey, somebody's watching these cartoons. After the Tawana Brawley case I'm astounded anyone talks to Sharpton let alone offers him a forum from which to spew his victimization clap trap in broken english. Stupid people are watching msnbc, just like stupid people elected president American Idol. So stupid, undiscriminating people are duped and apparently there's plenty of them to go around.
Maybe Al can land Freddy's Fashion Mart as a sponsor
Submitted by Dave. on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 2:56pm.
Oh, wait...
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Will he bring his electric
Submitted by Slyrr on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 3:15pm.
Will he bring his electric megaphone on set for each show so he can shout down his guests? Will he say in each show about how he wants to cut off Obama's.... jewels? Will he spend each show moaning about how he 'ain't got no walkin' round money'? Will he sexually harass his female guests on camera, then say they're racists if they don't allow it?
Just when you think BSNBC can't possibly sink any lower - they DO.
Perhaps--
Submitted by milootoole on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 3:37pm.
"Sharpton was licensed as a minister at the age of 9 as a Pentecostal and again as an adult as a Baptist. He has no formal religious training. As Sharpton's notoriety has increased he has spread out, running for President as a Democrat in 2004. Part of the joke of the late night talk show circuit was that Sharpton wanted his very first job to be President of the United States. Today he is a radio talk show host, guest TV speaker and liberal activist focused almost exclusively on racial issues."
Perhaps--just a thought--
we all need heroes? Well I believe we do. I know I do. But what is a hero?? That is hard to define. Most of us take pride in the accomplishments of someone we can relate to whether through ethnicity, religion, color, hometown or myriad forms of relationships.
Although a Boston Braves fan, being of Italian (among other) heritage, I reveled in the success of Joltin Joe Dimaggio. _"Who says Italians can't play ball???" -Well nobody, but that was the thought that occurred to many of us to help us in our quest to have a hero. We, being in Boston, transferred some of this ethnic pride to Dom Dimaggio who was with the Red Sox.
So, who is Sharpton a hero to? He is hero to many black citizens who see him as turning the game on the white man. Most people, in my less than humble opinion, do not listen or learn from all the information that is available to them. Men of lesser or minimal accomplishment see Sharpton as "kickin' whiteys butt". And indeed he is. He is, perhaps , a bigger racist than anyone else in the sense that he has won acceptance on the public stage with no true acting skills.
White celebrities- news figures, in particular have seen the impact Rev Al has on the black citizens of our nation and in a quiet fear of being perceived as "racist", bent over backward to "prove " they are not. I leave it to you to try to understand how being perceived as "racist" is such a bad thing, especially at at time when the word is used against anyone at any time, when an argument is being lost.
Perhaps some reader of this little post will explain to me why so many Americans try so hard to find that they have Amerind blood in their veins. Supposedly there is some in my family. I can only guess that after years of Howard Zinn's teaching in our elhi schools, all of us leave with guilt feelings about "our" treatment of the Amerinds. I see a causal relationship in that.
As for me, I am content within myself that I feel that color, religion or ethnicity has little to do with my evaluation of my fellow man. I do admit to one major prejudice, I do not suffer fools gladly and I think we have, in all races and ethnic groups and abundance of fools in America. ---and the entire world.
If you do not believe me then, explain why Western Europe seems to be enslaving its people to Islamic invasions and America is being conquered by illegal immigrant invaders.
Also, back to the theme, why is Sharpton, a sharp of the first order, getting a bully pulpit in America? Do you watch him? I don't and will not. His fame(?) should have lasted as long as a streaker's, in days past.
Just another
Submitted by Bob K on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 4:08pm.
NOT to watch MSNBC........ The Rev. Al Poverty Pimpin' Hour.
MSNBC hiring Al Sharpton
Submitted by packman on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 4:42pm.
is kinda' sorta' the perfect fit - a loser host on a loser network. On the other hand, its also kinda' sorta' like if you're in command of the network ratings console, hiring Sharpton is equivalent to pulling the "down" handle, selecting "bottom" as the destination, then pushing the "JATO" button...those little rocket thingys make it all happen a lot faster...
"...Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread..." ~Thomas Jefferson
Liberal Truth
Submitted by countmein5050 on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 5:01pm.
Where two or more liberals gather and declare something to be true...so it is, say the liberals. Should facts or the actual TRUTH try to interfere with the liberal version of truth declared by gathered liberals, therein shall be granted the right, according to liberal dogma, to call all opposing forces racists, tea baggers, red necks, and trailer trash so as to silence those who threaten all liberals with the very real possibility they are wrong. So it is written and so it is done....if a liberal said it, and you don't question it....you're on your own when it comes to understanding how you could be so confused. Liberal is to logic as oil is to water.
M.S.N.B.C. IS TRASH
Submitted by greatj on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 5:42pm.
Getting rid of one piece of trash and hiring ALFRAUD SHARPTON who can't even speak english is a laugh.Sharpton is perfect for this hateful and disgraceful station.The worst of luck to him.
Al Sharpton is reality TV gone to the gutter and the sewer.
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Thu, 07/21/2011 - 11:33pm.
How much lower can this cable network get? Then again, as much as I like Fox, they have Geraldo Rivera....yikes!
FOX
Submitted by Harley2002 on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 10:09am.
FOX is going down the tubes also. They are getting very progressive. Can't even watch that Obama butt kissing O'Reilly anymore.
Al
Submitted by Harley2002 on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 10:06am.
Well he is a race pimp so if you want to listen to endless race baiting tune in Al the racist.
Like I needed another reason
Submitted by BMorgan53 on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 5:01pm.
Not to watch MSNBC.
Though here's a thought as to the sudden appearance of Rev AL. As it was pointed out earlier, MSNBC was tottally snow white and that's perhaps why Cynk got let go.