- Mon Feb 23, 2015 11:55 am
#54578
Al Sharpton Hit With $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
I do not generally comment on pending litigation, but this complaint represents nothing more than a string of inflammatory, inaccurate, and unsupported allegations," Sharpton says that he "welcomes the opportunity to answer the frivolous allegations" and says he will be bringing counterclaims for defamation.Well, well, Al Sharpton accusing blacks of what that do a daily basis of making inflammatory, inaccurate, and unsupported allegations, right out of Sharpton's own play book, but this time they're using it on him and that ain't fair. :lol:
Black channels are said to be "window dressing," with black celebrities as "fronts" when they are "white-owned businesses" that are run by friends or family of Comcast executives.They're mad because Sharpton has been bought and paid for and he's not sharing any of the white man's with them.
The lawsuit goes on to say that Comcast made large cash "donations" to obtain support for its acquisition. The money includes $3.8 million to Sharpton and his National Action Network. The money, it's charged, was meant to pay Sharpton to endorse the NBCU deal and divert attention away from discrimination. As for Sharpton's MSNBC gig, the complaint says, "Despite the notoriously low ratings that Sharpton's show generates, Comcast has allowed Sharpton to maintain his hosting position for more than three years in exchange for Sharpton's continued public support for Comcast on issues of diversity."
Sharpton objects that the budget for National Action Network is not even $4 million, and as for his MSNBC show, he believes he has the most successful show in the 6 p.m. hour at MSNBC, that "the numbers speak for themselves." The lawsuit seems to count Sharpton's reported $750,000 annual salary at MSNBC as part of the $3.8 million and leverages past criticism of the noted civil rights leader that's rooted in him allegedly turning an eye and forgoing boycotts and protests on corporations upon receiving monetary contributions to the National Action Network.
