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From Fox News: The growing scandal plaguing MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton has been “ricocheting around the halls” of 30 Rock with his colleagues calling it a “bridge too far” for them, Fox News Digital has learned.
On Tuesday, MSNBC said it was “unaware” that Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign paid $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network nonprofit ahead of a friendly interview with the Democratic nominee just weeks before the election.
“MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network,” an MSNBC spokesperson told the Washington Free Beacon, which first broke the story.
Harris sat down for a friendly interview on Oct. 20 with Sharpton, an open supporter of Harris and the Democratic Party. Following Harris’ defeat to President-elect Donald Trump, FEC filings revealed the Harris campaign gave two $250,000 donations to Sharpton’s nonprofit organization in September and October. However, the MSNBC weekend host did not disclose to viewers the apparent conflict of interest before or after the interview. Neither did he disclose the donations to his bosses at the network, according to the Free Beacon.
Fox News reported that they spoke with several MSNBC insiders who indicated they are shocked over the scandal.
No one’s surprised that anybody at MSNBC was rooting for Harris. This feels like another level of nonsense. Like, you’re kidding me, right? This is weird,” one MSNBC employee said.
“This has a bit of a dirty feel to it… This one feels, I’d say, there’s a deeper disappointment. There’s a sense of like, ‘Ugh, we don’t need this. This feels kind of grifty and gross,'” an MSNBC staffer is quoted as saying.
“For MSNBC to start by saying they weren’t aware of otto start with, like, wow. That’s something… Everything about this stinks,” they said. “Like, why did the campaign not think that this would come out and be a really bad look for them? I mean, if Kamala Harris had become president, it’d be a scandal!… You’re not gonna sway my opinion for tickets to a ballgame but for half a million dollars? You might!”
Really, should campaigns be allowed to “donate” large sums of money to churches and supposedly non-partisan groups? https://t.co/fTTvsDk6d3 pic.twitter.com/nTRRXFOvSn
— FoiaFan🇮🇱 (@15poundstogo) November 26, 2024
MSNBC ignored our inquiries on this for 2 weeks, but finally responded after the Society of Professional Journalists said these payments are a “black eye” for the network
Story link here: https://t.co/wMBHY4EtFQ
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) November 26, 2024
Sharpton’s ‘pay to play’ scandal ‘ricocheting around the halls’ of MSNBC, insider says: ‘Can’t be acceptable’ https://t.co/h4Q4c8jRbN
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 27, 2024
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