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By Matt Hardo, Apr. 9, 2014, Newsbuster.org
Tuesday's NBC Nightly News highlighted MSNBC host Al
Sharpton's past as an FBI informant but glossed over serious controversies,
ignoring his infamous role in the 1991 Crown Heights riot.
The overall tone of
the report was positive.
Correspondent Pete Williams lauded Sharpton: "as
mainstream as a civil rights activist can be, a frequent visitor to the White
House, a friend of Attorney General Eric Holder and nightly cable host on
MSNBC." Anchor Brian Williams stated that "tonight, newly released
documents are shedding new light on another role from Al Sharpton's past, that
of FBI informant."
While Pete Williams did say that Sharpton was once a
"firebrand," he skipped over his role as organizer of the Crown
Heights riot in New York City.
"He [Sharpton] was once a firebrand in a
track suit. He championed cause celebre Tawana Brawley, whose claim that she
was raped by whites was later discounted," Pete Williams noted. However,
Williams omitted that Sharpton organized the 1991 Crown Heights race riot and
warned of Jewish "diamond merchants." The riot resulted in the death
of Yankel Rosenabaum.
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