MSNBC makes eye-opening admission about the $500,000 Kamala Harris gave to host Al Sharpton's non-profit

MSNBC was stunned to larn that a non-profit founded by its longtime big Al Sharpton received fractional a cardinal dollars from Kamala Harris' run conscionable earlier helium interviewed her.

The donations conscionable earlier Sharpton's speech with Harris person brought up questions astir the quality outlet's credibility. 

National Action Network, a civilian rights non-profit that was started by Sharpton successful 1991, received $500,000 from the Harris run conscionable weeks earlier the MSNBC big conducted a highly-anticipated sit-down with the Democrat. 

Campaign concern records from the 60-year-old's run uncover that 2 abstracted payments went to National Action Network.

One outgo for $250,000 was sent to the non-profit connected September 5 and different for the aforesaid magnitude was sent connected October 1. 

The soft-ball interrogation with Sharpton occurred conscionable weeks aft the 2nd outgo connected October 20. 

MSNBC is wide known to beryllium a liberal-leaning channel, and the information that 1 of its apical talents took successful a immense magnitude of currency conscionable earlier a consequential interrogation has caused backlash from journalists who accidental the outlet's present got a 'black eye.'

During the rosy interview, the MSNBC big lavishly praised Harris' 'extraordinary historical campaign' portion simultaneously decrying Donald Trump arsenic 'hostile and erratic.'  

When pressed connected the donations to Sharpton's radical by the Free Beacon, MSNBC did not respond for weeks. 

Finally, the outlet responded pleading the fifth. 

A spokesperson for MSNBC stunningly told the Free Beacon that it was 'unaware' of the Harris campaigns donations to National Action Network. 

'MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network,' the spokesperson told the outlet. 

The worker past declined to stock whether MSNBC would instrumentality immoderate actions against Sharpton. 

He said that the institution does not remark on 'personnel matters.' 

The Society of Professional Journalists slammed MSNBC for not knowing astir the donations to Sharpton's group. 

'This benignant of entanglement harms the credibility of the journalist, the quality organization, and journalism overall, and credibility is hard to restore,' they told the Free Beacon. 'While Sharpton whitethorn not see himself a journalist, galore viewers do.'

'When TV quality broadcasters bash not study their conflicts of interest, oregon behaviour their enactment successful ways that tally antagonistic to ethical journalism, it builds distrust among their audiences and places a achromatic oculus connected some their web and the profession,' the radical said. 

Previously, MSNBC took punitive actions against hosts that donated to governmental efforts. 

In 2010, then-President of MSNBC Phil Griffin suspended fashionable 'Morning Joe' big Joe Scarborough aft it came to airy helium gave implicit $4,000 successful governmental donations.

That aforesaid twelvemonth erstwhile MSNBC big Keith Olbermann was besides suspended for making governmental donations to Democrats.