Yep. Rev. Al Sharpton is opening a new life chapter and it’s starting with his very own television show. The civil rights leader will be the new host of MSNBC’s PoliticsNation. The activist had been filling in for the former host, Cenk Uygur since early July. But now after having solid ratings and with Uygur eventually falling out with the network, MSNBC has chosen Sharpton to carry on with the show. 
Since the announcement, Sharpton has received much criticism for moving from black civil rights to the mainstream television screen. In an interview with Todd Johnson of TheGrio.com, the activist shared why he decided to take on the opportunity, what his role will be in the political arena and whether he thinks there is a conflict between being a civil rights leader on cable TV:
“There’s a conflict in not being on TV and being a civil right leader because part of what you’re doing is advocating. So the question is do you want to advocate talking to an echo chamber? Or do you want to advocate talking to a large body of people? So those that are adversarial to civil rights want to say, ‘Let the Mike Huckabee…and let the Bill O’Reily’s talk to America and you talk in the alley’… I refuse to have the media segregate and isolate us. I think the opposite is true. It’s a conflict to not have a broad based conversation.”
Check out the entire interview with Al Sharpton below. PoliticsNation premieres on Monday, August 29th at 6 pm EST.
WOW, Times are really changing. Rev AL Sharpton on MSNBC with his own show…he deserves it.
u ain’t lying..dude got his own show now???…
..been..cashing $300 checks daily… http://goo.gl/dgjX9 after seein how u can make money online…doing shit u already do..lol
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I hope folks will tune in! Supporting t.v shows like Al Sharpton’s show – is the only way to make sure that there will remain, and build – black representation on t.v in this format of – politics!
Another Boule h*mosexual gets awarded his own outlet to spread confusion amongst these sheep known as black people (Ezekiel 34:1-10).
without a doubt my DVR will be in use….good for you Al Sharpton, just preach the truth as you’re here to do !!!
I see James Brown’s impersonator finally landed a job & a steady pay check. No one takes Al SharpTongue’s juicy head seriously. I wonder if this fool gets a doobie when he gets his weekly perm.
I thought that I was the only one that called him Al Sharptongue lol…..
you need to have respect for your leaders and yourself Rev Al is about peace just like MLK was..learn some respect
exactly…although I don’t agree, he relaxes his hair b/c James Brown was his mentor and asked him to wear his hair that way and he continues to do so out of the bond between them, but it doesn’t take anything away from Sharpton’s dedicated leadership for the African American diaspora, folks always judging, no one is perfect, but when one walk with purpose, it’s only right to applaud it…
thank you Rev Al Sharpton you ARE appreicated !!!!
AL u seriously need to let go off that goddamn perm, its annoying
ILL! SMDH… A Basketball Wife in drag! I will not be watching…
I’ll watch to see what he talks about.
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