Comcast, Al Sharpton Hit With $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit

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Comcast, Al Sharpton Hit With $20 Billion Racial Discrimination Lawsuit
7:29 AM PST 2/23/2015 by Eriq Gardner

The National Association of African-American Owned Media alleges that Sharpton and other advocates have been bought off.

Even though the FCC hasn't yet ruled on the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable, one group has already filed a lawsuit claiming at least $20 billion in damages from the way the two giants allegedly discriminate against black-owned media.

The complaint, filed in California on Friday, comes from the National Association of African-American Owned Media, which also filed a similar suit against AT&T and DirecTV in December.

This time, the plaintiff is not only targeting both Comcast and TWC — on the eve of the two companies merging to become what would be the largest pay television distributor in the United States — but also various African-American advocacy groups and MSNBC host Al Sharpton for allegedly facilitating discrimination.

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Try Not To Laugh As You Read About Al Sharpton Being Sued For Racial Discrimination

By Brian Carey, February 23, 2015.
 


Karma. It’s a female German Shepherd.



The National Association of African-American Owned Media (NAAAOM) has filed a lawsuit against Comcast and Time Warner Cable — two companies that could potentially merge — alleging at least $20 billion in racial discrimination.

And here’s the fun part: The suit also targets various African-American advocacy groups as well as MSNBC host Al Sharpton.

Sharpton claims that he “welcomes the opportunity to answer the frivolous allegations.” He also says he’s planning to bring counterclaims for defamation.

So here’s what’s going on: An African-American own media organization is filing a lawsuit against self-professed civil rights activist Al Sharpton for facilitating discrimination. In return, Sharpton will counter-sue that African-American own media organization for defamation.

Pass the popcorn, please. Heavy on the butter.

The suit alleges, among other things, that Comcast, which owns NBC Universal, made large cash “donations” to obtain support for the acquisition by TWC. That money includes $3.8 million to Sharpton and his National Action Network. The suit claims that the money was effectively a payoff to Sharpton so that he would support the deal.

The suit also points out that MSNBC keeps Sharpton around in spite of his sucky ratings.

“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,” the complaint reads.

Try Not To Laugh As You Read About Al Sharpton Being Sued For Racial Discrimination

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