When it comes to Rev. Al Sharpton’s ‘day job,’ MSNBC has never shown a shred of interest in media ethics. Days after his Harris interview, Sharpton was in Michigan campaigning for her.
Ever since MSNBC signed radical activist Al Sharpton as a weeknight host in 2011, the subject of media ethics has been beside the point. A 'news' network that hires a man who notoriously spread the Tawana Brawley rape hoax in the 80s – and paid $65,000 in damages for it – doesn’t imply 'news' is their top concern.
Back in 2010, MSNBC briefly suspended hosts Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough for donating to congressional candidates. Sharpton never had to worry for one minute about appearances of political conflict. There appear to be no rules for Rev. Al. Democrats who want his endorsement all rush to his National Action Network conferences to seek his blessing. In the last competitive Democratic presidential primary campaign in 2019, 13 presidential candidates made the pilgrimage to NAN.
Harris was extremely stingy in granting interviews to national media, even to fiercely allied networks like MSNBC. It’s not hard to imagine that the donations to Sharpton helped her feel more comfortable that he would 'play ball' with her and not ask anything difficult.
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