Sharpton Calls For FCC To Investigate Post's Owner

The Reverend Al Sharpton is taking his complaints about the NY Post's controversial editorial cartoon to Washington D.C. His organization, the National Action Network, wants to collect 1 million email signatures in support of an FCC investigation into Post owner News Corp.'s waiver that allows they to control multiple TV stations and newspapers in one city, noting, "This seems to give an imbalanced monopoly to the public airwaves and an imbalance in commercial speech, in particular, in light of their blatant insensitivity to issues of race (i.e. the N.Y. Post Cartoon) and bias through the use of those publicly owned and federally licensed communication tools." The Daily News also reports that students at Medgar Evars College in Brooklyn shut down their MySpace pages and burnt copies of the post; Marie Antoine, president of the student government association, said, "We are the ones who are putting money in their pockets. They have treated us like animals."

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By Jen Chung in News on February 23, 2009 6:48 PM

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Felix Hoenikker

Murdoch/Sharpton in Thunderdome!

I could retire on those ticket sales.

felixthecat2

The Edge is creeping me out, I have a freaking stalker on my back. blah

The Edge

Says the guy who creates a new ID to try to troll someone.

felixthecat2

The Edge, you are a freaking stalker. Wht do I have to do to get you off my ass? I am afraid to ask your gender. You are creeping me out.

felixthecat2

they were stupid to buy the post even before the cartoon so they deserve such treatment. why would anyone buy the post unless they support their zionist agenda.

The Edge

So let's see here..

-Gays

-Horse carriages

-Jews/Israel (give or take)

-Tuna

-Foie Gras

Dude.. is there anything you don't hate?

felixthecat2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3kI8LNTqNo

here is the techniques used by the ZIONIST newtwork Faux News. I made it a point since The Edge doesn't like the word Zionists since he is a zionist himself and supports bombing children in Gaza. Hopefully, the edge will lose interest in me.

felixthecat2

first that list is short and incorrect. i don't hate gays or jews. but why are you complin g a list, are you planning to ask me out? the answer is thanks but no thanks

LinkMan

Judging by this post, boobs!

JacqueMehoff

God Bless you Again Reverend Al Sharpton.

you keep on keeping on.

valeriob

Did you find a job yet?

JacqueMehoff

yep, I'm gothamist's community organizer.

that's what Al and I do. we make no efforts to hide that fact.

BxTiger

Love NY Post. I call for an investigation on Sharpton. AGAIN!

Pharmer

Why are they shutting down their myspace pages? What does that have to do with anything?

LinkMan

Because News Corp. (which owns the Post) also owns MySpace.

snickerdoodle

Aw not this blithering idiot again.

buys another Post issue in protest of Sharpton's racist hate-speech.

NannyState

Ironically, Sharpton wins round 1 because the FCC rules forbid News Corp from airing "those photos" of Fat Al.

hint: Michael Jackson wasn't Bubbles's first.

glennQNYC

Hey Al, anyone paying attention knows your just looking to get paid off. Go away.

felixthecat2

Yes, I am also enjoying the war between Fat Al and Warmonger Murdoch. the FCC should investigate the post and its reporting. I am sure that is a lot of backroom dealings for all the propaganda that Fox prints. It is a shame that it took a cartoon to act against the post. The New York Post sucks and Andrea Peyser sucks, really sucks.

LinkMan

If there was ever a war I could get behind, it's a war between News Corp. and Al Sharpton.

[raising my glass:]

Here's to hoping this media war is as long and bloody as possible. A toast to the mutual destruction of both News Corp. and Al Sharpton!