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Al Sharpton’s MSNBC News Ticker Goes for Advocacy Over News
I’ve never been a big fan of cable news’ use of the news ticker, or crawl, that appears on virtually every program they air, but now Al Sharpton and apparently Ed Schultz have decided to commandeer the ticker for advocacy.
According to Colby Hall of Mediaite, during Sharpton’s interview with Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) on the payroll tax plan extension that was scheduled for a vote Thursday evening, the news ticker changed into a running list naming each state and the number of millionaires that were being protected by the Republicans and how many workers could be helped if the extension was passed.
I’m not under any illusion that both Sharpton and MSNBC are anything but left-wing. While the network has every right to air their drivel, should they be turning the news ticker into another tool to push their agenda?
As much as I loathe the ticker, I’m used to it and it apparently works, otherwise the cable news networks wouldn’t be using it. But to turn it into a crawl of liberal talking points seems abusive of the system. I guess for unabashed liberals, turning every iota of their programs into the Republicans-are-evil-and-cruel mantra shouldn’t surprise anyone.
As Hall reported, Sharpton is apparently not the only abuser of his program’s viewers’ television screen space, the other being Ed Schultz, which means that MSNBC must be planning to make this a regular feature on all its primetime programs.
Just imagine if Fox News had tried this. The liberal media would be screaming to the high heavens about this abuse of the airwaves. But since it’s only a liberal network it probably won’t raise any eyebrows.
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why all this hate? you know 85% of blacks are crimes on other blacks! very little going the other way. people are afraid of blacks because they commit so much crime in this country. my heart and prayers go out to Travon’s parents, the worst that can happen to any parent, i am youngest of 7 original, then 3 asian, it was fun at our home. my brother has 12 children, he is very wealthy banker? a 1%er and 3 are asians, my sis-in-law’s cousin’s boys, and three are mostly black, they are cousins and all have same gradmother so they go to south every summer and married lovely black girls, met them at howard college, law and MD degree. my brother/sister felt a bit different there but now everyone loves them as they have gotten scholarships for many at the college. the grandkids are hoping to go to spellman and morehouse, the cool schools. my children are irish/irish and adopted hispanic/native american and a tinch black as well. with red hair and freckles, i’m the one who doesn’t fit in. spread love, not hate and remember our children need nurturing and education in a diverse world we share. mine are all college grads, one a MD speaks spanish, one an RN who also speaks spanish as i do/i’m a hospice RN. juan is in law school and the rest are doing well, paying their taxes and giving us lovely, beautiful grandchildren. i tell them to vote just as they like but VOTE! i would like to send money to travon’s parents for their loss.
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