MSNBC Adds Sharpton As Co-Host of ‘The Black Agenda’ – Why?
- Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:21pm by
Mike Opelka
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Last week we wondered aloud (as well as here on The Blaze) why was MSNBC’s Ed Schultz solo-hosting a program called ‘The Black Agenda.’ After all, in April of 2010 Tamron Hall and Ed co-hosted a similarly titled special program on the network, but this year, it was all Ed and only Ed.
Today when we learned that Rev. Al Sharpton was added to the Ed-packed lineup as co-host. This prompted more questions;
Was Sharpton added because many people were publicly asking the same question posed here?
And, if so, why Sharpton?
Perhaps we have stumbled onto the answer.
Earlier today on ‘Morning Joe,’ Al Sharpton stopped by to mark the anniversary of the assassination Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As the segment was coming to a close, the discussion shifted to a special award that Sharpton’s National Action Network was bestowing upon MSNBC President Phil Griffin;
Let’s review, shall we?
MSNBC announces special program called ‘The Black Agenda’ hosted by big white guy, Ed Schultz
Several journalists question the lack of diversity in this choice of host (as well as on MSNBC in general)
MSNBC ‘adds’ Reverend Al Sharpton as Ed’s new Co-Host
Sharpton‘s National Action Network announces MSNBC President Phil Griffin wins their ’Media Award’
Connect the dots, make your own decision.
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Comments (118)
tiredofprogressives
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:30pmMonths ago MSNBC, CNN, and others are deleted on my remote. They do not come up on the Program Guide anymore.
Al Sharpton still has NOT apologized to the White American People over the TAWANA BRAWLEY incident. If you were to young for that this is what happened….
Tawana Brawley was about 15 years old and she was a BLACK. She called the police and told them white people had raped her and put their excrement all over her body. Well Al Sharpton mobilized all the BLACK RACIST’S and there were thousands marching the streets all over the country demanding BLACK justice. This went on for months and years. Finally it came out that TAWANA BRAWELY LIED. She was not raped by White people and they did not put THEIR EXCREMENT ON HER.
Gorilla looking Al Sharpton as of today still has NOT apologized to WHITE AMERICA.
Report Post »So I don‘t like or care for this piece of black excrement called Al Sharpton and he is no more a Reverend than my Monkey’s Ass.
WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:42pmTiredof: I applaud you, you said very well. Lotus.
Report Post »WHITE LOTUS2x
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:30pmOH BOY, I like black Al better than white Al. I wish I watched msnbc sos I could watch the Black Al Show. Lotus.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:28pmA limping, lame excuse for a cable network–and their flagship, NBC is horrid as well. What a puppet show!
Report Post »Rob
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:27pmRacial baiting bastard….
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:26pmit is all about more heavily indoctrinating the mindless white obamademocrats into black liberation = so they will re-vote obama in 2012.
the Republicans tried to embrace black liberation and look where it took America in 1861, the Civil War.
Report Post »BurntHills
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:31pmthese obamademocrats are the dhimmicrats who will mindlessly roll over for islam here, they are the communists who think they could control islam here, and they are the same ones who want Israel dead and annihilated.. they think to offer islam the sacrifice of israel, that islam will not conquer and kill them … these dhimmicrats will kill us all but they are cowards who would never sacrifice themselves.
Report Post »the blacks who follow sharpton are already half parading around under ”nation of islam” but it is a fake, it has nothing to do with islam, it is a black liberation gang who attached the scary anti-Christinity= anti-WHITE name to their club and they founded their OWN rules for the “religion”.. it also allowed them as“muslims” to get TAX FREE status. period. do not be fooled.
BurntHills
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:34pmthere will always be a power struggle between sharpton and farrakhan aka louie wolcott, but they have one wishful thing in common, the complete destruction of Israel and White America. obama is empoering and emboldening them to think they may well see it happen in their shortening lifetimes.
Report Post »Dale
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:22pmJust began reading Larry Elder‘s ’Stupid Black Men’ and stopped after reading what he has to say about al dullton. I didn’t know half of what Elder tells us. This guy is simply: SLIME.
Report Post »Echad
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:21pmI just changed satellite providers and the news lineup doesn’t have MSNBC thankfully!
Report Post »swigs
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 7:51pmThey‘re not a blip on anybody’s radar except here.
I often wonder about that.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:20pmI hope the Ogoonies don‘t read here because I don’t want to give them free common sense advice.
WHITE PEOPLE ARE FREAKING SICK OF THIS CRAP
GET OVER THE PHONY COLOR ISSUE .. MOST NORMAL PEOPLE DON’T SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THE BLACKANDOPPRESSED LENS
HUMAN BEINGS
HUMAN BEINGS
WE ARE ALL HUMAN BEINGS.. CREATED EQUAL
BUT NO MATTER YOU DO OR SAY.. THE ABNORMAL ONES IN ANY RACE ARE PROBABLY NOT LISTENING ANYWAY
THEREFORE
tada
YOU ARE TURNING POTENTIAL WHITE OBAMA VOTERS OFF BY THIS INCESSANT NONSENSE
MOVE TF ON
( I wrote in caps because I AM screaming.. sick of it)
Report Post »jb1972
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:18pmi look forward to the highlght reel on The Blaze. It should make for some interesting comments. I bet Al quits because he gets insulted by Ed. I want to see them fight on air. That would be priceless!
Report Post »Khthulhu
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:13pmI think most Americans who choose this type of TV programming do so strictly for the slow train wreck effect that this line up guarantees will happen. I can’t wait! I’m setting up m dvr to record this right between Swap People and Operation Repo. Why didn’t Jerry Springer think this up?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:09pmYou mean THE RACIST AGENDA don’t you!
Report Post »matt708
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:06pmheckle and jeckle two magpies with no brains. Al threaten to have 2 people in front of MSNBC so they gave in. Al‘s army doesn’t get thier checks until the 9th so they can’t be there
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:01pmSharpton on MSNBC! Well…doesn‘t the ’N” in NBC stand for ‘*****’????
Report Post »yippyio
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 8:18pmCarnac you are not seeing all. Do not forget that sharpton is obombers ace boon coon and there is an election coming up. Sharpton is there to stir things up for 2012.
Report Post »Brvnkaerv
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 12:37amNBC stands for: Need Bill Cosby. I wish he was back.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:18am@Brvnkaerv
You are correct if that “community” didn’t out right reject his ideas of personal responsibility!! Bill Cosby has advice that trancends…..
Report Post »JustaThought
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:01pmWhy do I get the feeling that the only time MSNBC shows any inkling of a spike in ratings it is after they are reported about here on The Blaze?
Report Post »Other than that question … why Al Sharpton? Why not Bill Clinton? I thought he was our first Black President. Not light-skinned Barry. Let Slick Willy give the black man’s point of view. Then he can begin reaching out to the black vote so Hillary can run again after all. Then the Libs and Dims can trade in their Barry Juice for some Bill & Hill Swill. Mmmm … mmmm … mmmm!
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:56pmHold back the cannibalism, but you’ll still get incest.
Report Post »Atilla
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:52pmStunning to have these people on the same show breathing the same air. This is the intellect of the Marixist/socialist on parade. This show should probably set an all time record for low numbers in ratings. Adding Jackson might be the demise of MSNBC>
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:49pmGee, Al Sharpton doing a black racist show…Whoda thunk?
If y’all did not catch the Cain video posted in the blog, check it out. I like him more and more every time I see him. “I call myself an ABC: American black conservative…” Lol…
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:57pmThat was great, wasn’t it?! That guy rocks!
Report Post »Just_Bubba
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:49pmThe producers realized that they needed some “credibility”. That’s a good one they have there. Wow.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:47pmEqual opportunity idiots. One white one, one black one.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:46pmSharpton was chosen because Father Devine wasn’t available. Oops, I forgot, he’s dead.
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:46pmiF fOX HAD A sHOW called the WHITE AGENDA ! they be scream’in …..oh wait maybe we already do ?
Report Post »awizard
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 7:08amI think it’s a fine idea “The Black Agenda”, it’s about time those racist bigots are exposed. “Normal” / “Regular” folks don’t pay enough attention to the problem they are trying to resurrect and exploit. They could get Minuscule Faraconman, and Justa Jackman as guests. All 15 if their viewers will be delighted … And of course all of us here at The Blaze will get regular updates on their antics, I’m sure.
Go for it al …
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:46pmMan, you just can’t script better comedy than what comes out of MSNBC.
Report Post »stmike
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:45pmSharpton probably made a threat like him and all his other race baiting poverty pimps always do. Al Charlatan!
Report Post »the hawk
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:44pmnO ONE RESPOND !
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:41pmThat cool.. can we have a show that follows it called “The White Agenda” so we can have both sides? Oh hold the phone its MSNBC were talking about. Nevermind.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:48pmWay to make it even more irrelevant than if it was just Ed (I‘m not fat I’m big boned) Schultz.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:52pmWell, I can honestly say that this half of the Justice Brothers, is as qualified a journalist as any of the so called journalists on PMSNBC or any of the MSM come to think of it. Say hi to Tawana for me, K Al
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:55pmSo thats how it is now ?
You are black and you wanna get on MsNBC?
You bribe the MsNBC execs
MiketheTrucker
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:03pmNo doubt where P-MSNBC is coming from.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:29pmThat cool.. can we have a show that follows it called “The White Agenda” so we can have both sides? Oh hold the phone its MSNBC were talking about. Nevermind.
Sorry Mrssmileyface you will have to wait until 2042 when whites are in the minority before we can have such a show. Before that it will be deemed racism. Hell, maybe after that date it will still be considered racist to have a show about caucasions.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:31pmMSNBC ‘adds’ Reverend Al Sharpton as Ed’s new Co-Host
Sharpton‘s National Action Network announces MSNBC President Phil Griffin wins their ’Media Award’
Boy! Can you just feel the love!!!!!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:46pm@cheezwhiz
Report Post »Posted on April 4, 2011 at 5:55pm
So thats how it is now ?
You are black and you wanna get on MsNBC?
You bribe the MsNBC execs
~~~~~~~~
BINGO!
BOOM!!! The bull’s eye of the target has a hole in it!
chickenlittle
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 6:49pmWhy should blacks have an “agenda” that differs from Americans? Aren’t we getting further divided instead of “united”? Sounds like real racism to me.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 7:00pm@Chickenlittle, Thats Al’s job. We all come together he’s out of work.
Report Post »chickenlittle
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 7:11pm@STREETRODDER… Yeah, you got that right. My two (so far) picks for 2012 (if we are allowed an election) are maybe West or Cain. Sounds like I’m a real white racist, doesn’t it? If what they say about liberalism being a genetic predisposition, would that in turn, qualify them as a separate race maybe? If that were to be the case, I think I might be a racist.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 7:37pmThe Black Agenda is designed to keep racism alive and well. Why else have a race baiter like Al Sharpton host the show. What cracks me up is that MSNBC thinks Sharpton gives them credibility!!!
Report Post »Wow, what a joke.
avenger
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 7:50pmaha…another criminal that the left loves….
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 8:54pm………..
Report Post »I already know what the “black” agenda is, I don’t need MSNBC telling me.
mill
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:28pm“WHITE AGENDA”…good idea.
it would be appropriate as we are in the minority representative wise
Report Post »mill
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:29pmor they need the oil from him hair to run a few motors…
Report Post »nptden
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 9:41pmDoesn‘t that create a ’hostile environment’?
Report Post »joseph Fawcett
Posted on April 4, 2011 at 11:41pm@ MRSMILEYFACE
LOL! Now that is a great idea, a show on the White Agenda! If it is on MSNBC then Al will host and Jessie and the black pathers will co-host. I am sure they will get us white people right and our evil racist agenda right and clear. Can’t stand Al he is the biggest racist there is! MLK would shoot him himself that is how much MLK would be upset at AL, Jessie Jackson and the rest of the posers. They don’t stand for what MLK stood for. They are black racist, and I can’t even stand to listen to them anymore. It is a shame to the memory of MLK to even think that these guys even are connected in anyway to MLK. They have taken MLK dream and dragged it through the mud and soiled it and made it something it is not. All you have to do is listen to MLK, I mean really listen and you will hear a great man speak of great ideas and dreams. You will be inspiried to join MLK and walk next to him in his just pursuit of the freedom of all men, and women, no matter of their color or status in life. It is too bad that Al and Jessie have taken MLK and made his ideas and dreams into their own racist, self-centered, nightmares of oppression. MLK was not like that, it is too bad evil has overshadowed the good of MLK.
Sorry, folks… I have finally said exactly what I think of AL. Been trying to hold my tongue but now it is out. I really, Really, REALLY don’t like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson because of their very racist agenda.
http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist
Report Post »jjoy
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 8:41amNope… nix on the “white agenda”…
It’s OK to have a: “black congressional caucus”, “miss black America” contest, the “united ***** college fund”, “black entertainment television”, etc. but it would be racist to have a “white agenda”…
Report Post »ObamaWatcher
Posted on April 5, 2011 at 2:10pmThe black community has been comfortably circumscribed by the liberal elite. They’re being used to push an agenda that has made and kept them collective dependants of the states for more than 50 years. An independant black community is what both, Ed and Sharpton fear most.
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