JUST NBC THE EXTORTION! MSNBC’s Al Sharpton Uses Network To Launch Boycott of Companies That Cut DEI Programs.

MSNBC host Al Sharpton announced plans on the liberal network Monday to boycott corporations that have ditched diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, marking yet another conflict of interest for the activist and liberal network.

Sharpton told MSNBC colleague Joy Reid he will select “two or three companies” that his National Action Network will boycott to show that “Donald Trump can’t make us spend money for companies that will not deal and commit and continue with diversity and equity and inclusion.”

“What we said today is that these companies that are now saying they’re going to back up off of diversity and equity and inclusion, should therefore not have a diverse consumer base,” said Sharpton, who hosts MSNBC’s weekend show PoliticsNation.

The campaign comes as Sharpton and MSNBC face scrutiny over a series of Washington Free Beacon reports that the Kamala Harris campaign gave $500,000 to Sharpton’s National Action Network—which paid him $650,000 in 2023—just before the anchor-activist interviewed the Democratic presidential candidate on MSNBC in October. The Society of Professional Journalists, considered the gold standard of media ethics, called the conflict of interest a “black eye” that “harms the credibility of the journalist, the news organization, and journalism overall.” President Donald Trump recently said the arrangement was “totally against the law.”

Nice business you’ve got there. Shame if something were to happen to it…

After Sharpton destroyed Don Imus’ career on MSNBC in 2007, the network knows firsthand what can happen when Sharpton threatens a business: “Sharpton paid to keep quiet about lack of black TV programming: suit.”