It's about time someone gives that uppity Negro Al Sharpton a taste of his own medicine and put him back on the street where he belongs!

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/03/al-sharpton-s-long-bill-of-goods-from-tawana-brawley-to-primetime.html#url=/articles/2013/06/03/al-sharpton-s-long-bill-of-goods-from-tawana-brawley-to-primetime.html

"The Tawana Brawley case that captivated New York in the late eighties is a shocking reminder of the toxic mix racial exploitation and personal ambition can produce. The New York Times and Retroreport.org have just released a new 15-minute documentary on the despicable hoax, which should be required viewing for the NBC News executives who are heavily invested in rehabilitating a key culprit of this loathsome episode: the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Brawley was 15 years old in 1987, when she was found in her hometown of Wappingers Falls, New York, with “Bitch,” “KKK,” and “Nigger” written on her stomach, her jeans burnt in the crotch, feces in her hair, and her tennis shoes sliced open. She said that she had been abducted and raped by a group of white men.

A trio of increasingly prominent, and radical, New York City black activists represented her and her family: attorneys Alton Maddox and C. Vernon Mason and the Rev. Al Sharpton. Brawley told them said that a cop had been one of her attackers, and Sharpton named that officer as Harry Crist Jr., a police officer from a nearby town who had committed suicide shortly after Brawley was found. Sharpton also named a local prosecutor, Steven Pagones, as one of the attackers. He offered no proof.

Gov. Mario Cuomo dispatched a veteran prosecutor, Jack Ryan, to handle the case. Brawley and her advisers refused to cooperate in any way with Ryan and his team. “That was the decision of the lawyers,” Sharpton says defensively in the Times interview. When asked why Brawley’s team would not meet with New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams, Sharpton said it would be “like asking someone who watched someone killed in the gas chamber to sit down with Mr. Hitler.” Sharpton later accused Ryan of kicking a blind man in a scuffle with demonstrators. Ryan was nowhere near the scene.

After a six-month investigation a grand jury found that the entire episode had been a hoax, with Brawley having defaced herself to avoid the wrath of her stepfather after staying out late to visit a boyfriend.

Subsequently, both of her attorneys had their law licenses revoked (Mason for unrelated reasons) and Sharpton was found guilty of defamation in a lawsuit brought by prosecutor Steven Pagones, who quickly had been able to establish he had been nowhere near the scene of the alleged crime.

The Times documentary shows a wild-eyed Sharpton responding indignantly to a reporter’s question of what proof he had of the policeman’s guilt: “I have Tawana Brawley’s words,” he sneers.

Instead of apologizing, Sharpton still asserts, a quarter century later, that he deserves credit for standing by the teen, asserting darkly in the Times documentary, “something happened.”

The Brawley case inflamed racial tensions in America and left victims like the falsely accused Pagones in its wake. But it helped launch Sharpton’s career. Instead of an isolated incident of bad judgment and hysteria, Sharpton’s behavior in the Brawley case is part of a life-long pattern.

Sharpton was a key player inflaming the 1991 Crown Heights riots following the death of a young African-American who was hit by an ambulance driven by a Hasidic driver. Sharpton called Jews “diamond merchants” with “the blood of innocent babies” on their hands. A mob subsequently attacked and murdered an innocent Hasidic Jewish student visiting from Australia. (Twenty-five years later, he wrote a mealy-mouthed not-quite apology for his rhetoric.)

A few years later, an African-American Pentecostal church asked a Jewish tenant of a church-owned property, Freddie Fashion’s Mart, to evict one of his subtenants, an African-American-run record store. Sharpton led protests crying, “We will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business.” One of the protesters attacked Freddie Fashion Mart, shot several customers, and started a fire that killed seven employees.

There are a lot of angry, twisted individuals in America and Sharpton is hardly alone in having spent decades vomiting hate, leaving innocent victims in his wake. What distinguishes Sharpton is the willingness of powerful people and organizations to look past the hate when they believe it may benefit them.

The Democratic Party and its candidates for president in 2004 were perfectly content to have Sharpton appear in presidential debates. Not one candidate called Sharpton out for his outrageous history of hate.

And today one of the great American news organizations, NBC News, is spending millions of dollars to rehabilitate and promote Al Sharpton. Americans have been pretty good at sniffing out and discarding haters, but here is Al Sharpton on NBC and MSNBC being promoted as a credible source of information. Sharpton has gone from manipulating the news with vile accusations to delivering the news for NBC. When the Boston-bombing story broke, there was Al Sharpton delivering breaking news for MSNBC.

“You would think that if he sold you such a terrible bill of goods for such a giant story that dominated the news for such a long time,” says former Village Voice journalist Wayne Barrett in the Times documentary, speaking to his journalist brethren, “that you would not show up at his next news conference with a camera.”

NBC has gone far beyond showing up. They have made the ethical and news judgment that Al Sharpton should be a credible news source for Americans. They have the right to make that decision, but what about the reason?

Here’s a simple test that doesn’t involve market research or complicated board meetings. If you are an NBC exec and have kids, sit down with them and watch the Times documentary on Tawana Brawley. And when your kids ask why your colleague Al Sharpton is working for NBC, you can explain to them why everything you’ve tried to teach them about honesty, fair play, and decency is wrong and Al Sharpton is right. Good luck."

I've been boycotting them for 20 years now. Mostly because they just plain suck.

I've been boycotting them since they dropped Black Donnellys.

Got your welfare check finally?

Al Sharpton isnt on NBC News, he is on MSNBC.

Its like asking people to boycott Fox Five News over Bill O'reilly. Pretty stupid right?

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Al Sharpton isnt on NBC News, he is on MSNBC.

Are you really that stupid?

Stabitha you're a fucking moron. NBC News isn't even to the left. They are highly regulated and the "big 3."

I think NBC News nationwide pulls in like 10-20 times the viewership of Fox News on a nightly basis.

Fox News though usually almost doubles the numbers MSNBC produces.

They're different channels with different intentions and different audiences and different history.

NBC owns MSNBC which Al Sharpton works for. But you said boycott "NBC News" which not only doesn't make sense but is such a behemoth you would have no traction to begin with.

Stabby keep walking. One day you will even succeed at trolling.

Sharpton was skewered in "Bonfire of the Vanities" back in the 90's, but he has no shame.

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> Stabitha you're a fucking moron. NBC News isn't
> even to the left. They are highly regulated and
> the "big 3."
>
> I think NBC News nationwide pulls in like 10-20
> times the viewership of Fox News on a nightly
> basis.
>
> Fox News though usually almost doubles the numbers
> MSNBC produces.
>
> They're different channels with different
> intentions and different audiences and different
> history.
>
> NBC owns MSNBC which Al Sharpton works for. But
> you said boycott "NBC News" which not only doesn't
> make sense but is such a behemoth you would have
> no traction to begin with.

If you dont believe NBC has some say so on what goes on at MSNBC, then I have some oceanfront property in Kansas I'll sell you cheap Gerry! Fucking douchebag moron.

NBC calls MSNBC thier editorial news broadcast. Basically saying it leta it run opinionated news and self govern which it does.

Al Sharpton's pretty safe.

"Nice try but we got ya."

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> NBC calls MSNBC thier editorial news broadcast.
> Basically saying it leta it run liberal garbage news
> and hire racist poverty pimps
>
> Al Sharpton's pretty safe.
>
> "Nice try but we got ya."

Fixed

oh man, the child is back to play.

Jesus dude i hope you are like 12 because you are such an emotional git... that would be the only explanation

Brett Davenport's Dick Wrote:
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> I've been boycotting them for 20 years now. Mostly
> because they just plain suck.

Me too. NBC = Nothing But Crap!

Fox News changed the media from having an objective jounalistic standard to openly being a propaganda arm for the Republican Party.

Then every right wing nut with no standards for accurate information showered them with ratings.

They claimed a new type of media and successful business model.

MSNBC was right wing during Bush. Other news organisations like MSNBC had no choice but to adopt the left position on news and abandon objective news model to compete. CNN has tried to stay objective and is failing as a news organization as a result.

You see, it was Fox News that decided to evolve into a right wing propaganda news source and you and your kind as loyal viewership that degraded objective reporting.

The irony is if you want to know who you should blame for MSNBC or Al Sharpton on MSNBC, go walk over to a mirror and take a good hard long look, thats who.



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I dont see how I am to blame when I wish Sharpton and MSNBC nothing but slow painful death.

You right wingers transformed media into a competitive partisan sport that it is today. Large swaths of the population on the right care little about whether information is accurate but are more concerned if it aligns with their beliefs ideologically.

That has greatly degraded our media and given way and cause for the Al Sharpton's to be a source of opinionated news.

Before the Fox News media degradation Al Sharpton would not be possible.



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Nice spin there Gerry.

So Republicans are responsible for a racist criminal having a TV news show?

Only a true libertard could come up with that logic!

whats the point trying to maintain any sort of discourse with this childish, very stupid and pretty ignorant douche? let him rant.

stabitha stick to trying to be funny because intelligence is not your forte, kid

whats the point Wrote:
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> because
> intelligence is not your forte, kid


Look who's talking

There was a problem with the objective media we once had. It was way to sensitive and accomodating to government policies and propaganda.

The editors of those days felt it was the responsibily of influential media organizations not to compromise government propaganda.

With a very divided partisan news playing field now in which you have competing news outlets looking to undermine and attack government rhetoric and talking points from opposing viewpoints, it may be a good thing.

Bush wouldn't have gotten away with any of his crimes if we had an MSNBC then that we have today.

Obama is also weaker than prevous presidents due to Fox News really first exercise as a major partisan opposition news source.

So it may be a good thing. Its going to be interesting how a Republican president will operate under these new conditions if we ever have one. I doubt they'll be able to operate in a manner that they have in the past.

A greater check on executive power as a result may be a positive thing and something this country needs.

There's a reason why Al Sharpton is such a shock to you. Fox News should have been that first shock but Al Sharpton is opinion media mascarading as objective news.

At least for the most part Al Sharptons reporting was accurate. Fox News just made shit up half the time.

Al Queda this Al Queda that, war on terror. Scared the living shit out of Americans for eignt years to frighten them into submission. And it worked.



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Stabitha seems highly racist so that supercedes his views on other matters. Its a tribal nationalist instinct thats highly potent in certain people and I understand that.

But I also feel like he's the type of guy that will call a spade a spade so its worth engaging him.

The height of both of you two's ignorance is astounding.

Over 90% of mainstream media is owned by 5 corporate conglomerates who are owned by five jews who are all friendly with each other. That should tell you all you need to know.

Idiots.

Stabitha you're a fucking idiot. You're not capable of debate. Stop trying.

Gerry you're the biggest deflector and bullshitter around. If I say the grass is not as green, you argue back that it's ok because the sky is bluer!

Two peas in a pod.

Actually I agree with your statement one hundred percent. That was pretty much my position 6 years ago. It doesn't accomplish much though. I've decided to put all my effort into abolishing the Republican Party. They are much more beholden with support from their constituency to those special interests you speak of.

Case in point, this week AIPAC tried to use their influence over Democratic Senators to kill negotiations with Iran by passing new sanctions. Pretty much unilaterally an attempt at a declaration of war at this critical point circimventing the president.

A combination of ten Democratic Senate Chairs and Democratic grassroots killed the Menendez/Schumer effort.

Such checks and balances don't exist in the Republicam Party making it much more dangerous.

We're at a point right now where we just have to avoid them getting enough power to destroy the country. Their influence has greatly deminished in the process.

It took them fifty years to change this country to their liking and it may take decades to take it back.

Gerrymanderer2 Wrote:
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> I've
> decided to put all my effort into abolishing the
> Republican Party.

Much headway you're making here on FFXU.


> They are much more beholden with
> support from their constituency to those special
> interests you speak of.

Negative, captain.

The rest of your post was irrelevant and unimportant.

The US is going to attack Iran. It's not a question of if, but when. Syria's current leadership is going to be overthrown as well, one way or another.

The United States' economy will not survive if these two things don't happen. After we kill their leaders and half their country, we will install a puppet government that will require all countries to convert to the US dollar to buy oil and gas (petrodollar).

All in the name of spreading "freedom".

Stabitha Wrote:
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> whats the point Wrote:
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> > because
> > intelligence is not your forte, kid
>
>
> Look who's talking

or


Look who's posting.
Without underage girls or racists postings,you are absolutely nothing.
Fucking pathetic. It's good your parents are deceased. They would be embarrassed
of what you have become.

Stalker stalking.

Is this all you have to do?