Sharpton To Meet With F.C.C. About Murdoch's Media Empire

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First Posted: 02-24-09 03:25 PM   |   Updated: 03-27-09 05:12 AM

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Al Sharpton

Politico:

Al Sharpton, who last week was protesting against the NY Post's chimp cartoon, is continuing his efforts against the Murdoch media empire. Tomorrow, he meets with the F.C.C. in Washington.

There, Sharpton will "discuss his call to review the waivers granted to Rupert Murdoch that allow him to own more than one television station and newspaper in the same city," according to The Observer's Azi Paybarah.

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Al Sharpton, who last week was protesting against the NY Post's chimp cartoon, is continuing his efforts against the Murdoch media empire. Tomorrow, he meets with the F.C.C. in Washington. There, Sha...
Al Sharpton, who last week was protesting against the NY Post's chimp cartoon, is continuing his efforts against the Murdoch media empire. Tomorrow, he meets with the F.C.C. in Washington. There, Sha...
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- 1088 I'm a Fan of 1088 109 fans permalink

Yes, there should be a law against a man owning all the media outlets so that they can spread the Republicant propaganda.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:24 PM on 02/25/2009
- Topper24 I'm a Fan of Topper24 3 fans permalink

Al can't spell F.C.C.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:21 PM on 02/25/2009
- MPeter I'm a Fan of MPeter 25 fans permalink

Way to go Al. Put fire under this bigot from down under. He insults us and grows rich polarizing this country. Yeah, give it to him....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:54 PM on 02/25/2009

Hey Al, did you bring Tawana with you? This guy is a joke, he is a shake down artist like Jesse Jackson.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:54 AM on 02/25/2009
- sueno I'm a Fan of sueno 13 fans permalink

Thanks Al!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:13 AM on 02/25/2009
- Tulka2 I'm a Fan of Tulka2 301 fans permalink
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I'm old enough to have seen Al Sharpton do a lot of things in real time. God love him, time has purified him and he is doing the people's work. To those of you below who say he only cares about "his" people, you are not paying attention. Read the article, watch the video. His skillful work and clear thinking regarding Murdoch benfits every citizen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:59 AM on 02/25/2009
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The unholy alliance of Mr. Murdoch and the F.C.C. began two and a half years ago with his purchase of the Metromedia broadcasting group. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE7DE1430F931A35751C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:44 AM on 02/25/2009
- Gmoney1 I'm a Fan of Gmoney1 24 fans permalink

He knows what millions are saying - go for it Sharpton - blacks are tired of being mocked - this apology nonsense is not working anymore - it's the $$$$ that will make them stop the public madness -

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:01 PM on 02/24/2009
- tfoley I'm a Fan of tfoley 3 fans permalink

give money to who? In most cases Sharpton is the only one who gets PAID

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:12 AM on 02/25/2009

While I applaud questioning Murdoch's waiver, Sharpton, i.e., Mr. Tawana Brawley, is hardly a good messenger for that. He is little more than a glorified hustler.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:16 PM on 02/24/2009
- TallyLass I'm a Fan of TallyLass 5 fans permalink
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Tawana Brawley?!! Shut up. We AA appreciate his teeth in Ruperts as s.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:07 AM on 02/25/2009
- majii I'm a Fan of majii 14 fans permalink

If his efforts result in any change, we all benefit. Stop bashing Al and the NAACP. Your ignorance is showing. When the NAACP was formed in 1909, there were six founding members.
Three were white.
Google it.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:50 AM on 02/25/2009
- tfoley I'm a Fan of tfoley 3 fans permalink

Agreed Sharpton is wrong person for the job

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:13 AM on 02/25/2009
- Nommo I'm a Fan of Nommo 93 fans permalink
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Then you do it. That's what you gotta luv about Americans. Steady getting screwed by their Gov't , corporations, deluded into believing that they have choices, and get all bent out of shape because a Black man decides to do the task.

Hypocrite

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:03 PM on 02/25/2009

if you dont like murdoch's media, then dont buy it, dont watch it. i would've been more sympathetic to al sharpton had he fought for equality for all, but no, he only cares about his people

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:58 PM on 02/24/2009
- TallyLass I'm a Fan of TallyLass 5 fans permalink
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And you only care for yours. Go Al.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:08 AM on 02/25/2009
- eyepatch I'm a Fan of eyepatch 11 fans permalink

"discuss his call to review the waivers granted to Rupert Murdoch that allow him to own more than one television station and newspaper in the same city,"


You may not like Rev. Al Sharpton but now he is on to something
The media airwaves are the property of the people and these networks
are leasee's! I believe that there should never be a concentration of
one point of view in the media! The points of view should be vast and
diverse so as to show all sides!

NEWSCORP saturated many markets by owning TV stations (Fox)
radio stations and Newspapers (NY Post) were given a waiver
for and I believe this kind of market saturation is bad for America!

So on this issue I am behind Rev Sharpton 100%

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 PM on 02/24/2009
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Years ago in NYC Channel 5 (WNYW) and Channel 9 (WOR) were small independent stations. Now owned by New Corp. Murdoch's strong hold on the media needs to be investigated.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:12 PM on 02/24/2009
- ena I'm a Fan of ena 3 fans permalink

I agree, Rupert Murdoch not only owns the FOX and the POST but the Wall Street Journal and Yahoo as well. Newscorp needs to be investigated thoroughly. A concentration of one point of view is what they do in communist countries.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:37 PM on 02/24/2009

Couldn't it have something to do with that chimp that was shot for attacking the woman? That's what I thought.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:40 PM on 02/24/2009

when skin color is all you see and all you care about, everything is about race and racism. i really didn't read into that cartoon either.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:01 PM on 02/24/2009
- Nommo I'm a Fan of Nommo 93 fans permalink
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Did that woman write the stimulus package?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:53 PM on 02/25/2009
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really I'm not offended, I got better things to worry about

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:29 PM on 02/24/2009
- TallyLass I'm a Fan of TallyLass 5 fans permalink
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See how no one stop by your house to ask you if you were offended or not? So go worry about your other crap. We got this.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:09 AM on 02/25/2009
- spyda I'm a Fan of spyda 3 fans permalink

GET RID OF FAUX NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and Rupert Murdoch now!!!!!!!!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:19 PM on 02/24/2009
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