[VIDEO] ‘Dana’ Takes on Starbucks and #RaceTogether
Posted: March 18, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Entertainment, Health and Social Issues, Humor, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: #RaceTogether, Chris Hayes (journalist), Coffee, Howard Schultz, Iced coffee, Instant coffee, Latte, media, MSNBC, Nancy Giles, news, satire, Starbucks, The Blaze, Twitter, video, YouTube | Leave a commentDana Loesch explores the new Starbucks campaign #RaceTogether.
Rate this:
Comcast Accused of Paying Off Al Sharpton in $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
Posted: February 23, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, Politics, U.S. News | Tags: African American, Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Brian Williams, Chris Hayes (journalist), Comcast, Fifty Shades of Grey, MSNBC, NBCUniversal, Republican Party (United States) | 1 CommentTina Nguyen reports: Today, Comcast and Time Warner Cable were served with a lawsuit from a group of African-American media owners seeking $20 billion — yes, “billion,” with a “b” — for discriminatory practices, and alleges that Al Sharpton and his organizations received big money to look the other way.
“The money includes $3.8 million to Sharpton and his National Action Network. The money, it’s charged, was meant to pay Sharpton to endorse the NBCU deal and divert attention away from discrimination.”
The suit, filed by the National Association of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM) and obtained by the The Hollywood Reporter, claims that despite touting itself as a diverse company, Comcast and TWC only carries one channel owned by a black media owner and refuses to carry any others. Furthermore, the diversity Comcast presents — including the hiring of minority personalities such as
Sharpton, and including a “memorandum of understanding” they signed with the NAACP and Sharpton’s National Urban League — is “a sham, undertaken to whitewash Comcast’s discriminatory business practices.”
The lawsuit specifically targets Comcast’s practices: so far, they argue, only one channel in Comcast’s lineup, The Africa Channel, is owned by a black person (and that person facilitated Comcast’s purchase of NBC Universal, “thus creating a serious conflict of interest”). And speaking of that purchase, the suit alleges that Comcast paid off Sharpton, an employee of MSNBC, to support that acquisition — specifically, to say that Comcast was an awesomely diverse company:
The lawsuit goes on to say that Comcast made large cash “donations” to obtain support for its acquisition. The money includes $3.8 million to Sharpton and his National Action Network. The money, it’s charged, was meant to pay Sharpton to endorse the NBCU deal and divert attention away from discrimination. As for Sharpton’s MSNBC gig, the complaint says, “Despite the notoriously low ratings that Sharpton’s show generates, Comcast has allowed Sharpton to maintain his hosting position for more than three years in exchange for Sharpton’s continued public support for Comcast on issues of diversity.”
In a statement to THR, Comcast said it was “disappointing that [NAAAOM] have decided to file a frivolous lawsuit” and that they planned to defend themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
[VIDEO] Maxine Waters Is Connecting the Dots
Posted: May 19, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Humor, Mediasphere, Politics, White House | Tags: Bill O'Reilly (political commentator), Chris Hayes (journalist), Donald Trump, Fox & Friends, Fox News Channel, Maxine Waters, President of the United States, RUSSIA, The New York Times, Vladimir Putin | 1 CommentRep. Maxine Waters (D., Calif.) really enjoys calling for President Trump’s impeachment over allegations of his campaign’s collusion with Russia, and she’s perhaps even fonder of saying how we have to “connect the dots” to make that happen … (read more)
Source: Free Beacon
Rate this: