MSNBC Hired Sharpton to Carry Obama's Water

Laura Washington, CST
In black America’s cacophonous search for its own voice, the Rev. Al Sharpton is a tuba, and Tulane University Professor Melissa Harris-Perry is a flute. America’s leading black journalists can’t even get into the orchestra pit.That’s the score on cable channel MSNBC’s recent decision to hand a plum prime time hosting gig to Sharpton, America’s civil rights big tuna. Perry, who also has been guest-hosting on MSNBC, was shut out.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/08/29/msnbc_hired_sharpton_to_carry_obama039s_water_262454.html

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