"Facts derail lying Sharpton's informant tale"

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In fact, Sharpton’s fabricated tale is belied by FBI records that provide a clear account of when and why he began working as a cooperating informant. After unveiling his fable at a morning press conference, Sharpton repeated his claims last night at the close of his “PoliticsNation” show on MSNBC, where fact checkers and bosses alike do not appear concerned with the truthfulness of the host’s off- and on-air pronouncements. By tampering with the chronology of--and motive for--his enlistment as an FBI informant, Sharpton is furiously attempting to cast that cooperation in the most favorable light possible. He was not a rat or a snitch, Sharpton protests. In fact, the reverend contends that he was not even aware the FBI considered him an informant. The money he was paid by his FBI handler? Well, that was just reimbursements for carfare, Sharpton claims. As he explained to MSNBC viewers, Sharpton was just a victim looking for Uncle Sam’s protection and intervention. Sharpton contends that he first contacted the FBI in early-1984, immediately after his life was threatened by Salvatore Pisello, a wiseguy with music industry connections. As Sharpton tells it, Pisello was incensed that the activist was threatening to stage boycotts and demonstrations unless black promoters were given a piece of the upcoming “Victory Tour” featuring Michael Jackson and his brothers.

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Here is what actually happened: Sharpton began cooperating with the FBI in mid-1983. So he had actually been working as a confidential informant for about nine months before Pisello’s purported threat, an encounter that Sharpton now falsely claims prompted him to first contact federal agents (and subsequently begin recording Buonanno). The reverend was “flipped” by FBI agents three months after he was filmed in March 1983 (during a bureau sting) talking cocaine with an undercover agent. On a Thursday afternoon in June 1983, Sharpton showed up at a Manhattan apartment expecting to meet again with the undercover agent, who was posing as a former South American druglord seeking to launder money through boxing promotions. Instead, Sharpton was confronted by FBI agents who showed him the “cocaine” videotape. The panicked reverend agreed--on the spot--to cooperate with federal agents, according to sources familiar with the contents of Sharpton’s FBI informant file.

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Sharpton is a survivor, and has lied and race baited his way to power. Shame on America, its not like it wasn't obvious. Man, if the press would ever do their job...

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That story is a lie.

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His whole career in the public eye is a direct result of a HUGE lie. I honestly find the fact that he isn't completely shunned to be one of the most perplexing things in public. I consider anyone who listens to him at all to have done me the favor of coming forward with the fact they are idiots. It's like a public IQ test.

In any case, why shouldn't Sharpton lie? It's why he even exists in the first place.

I find it expected...both are pathological liars

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"Facts derail lying Sharpton's informant tale"

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Tawanna tell me what you are getting at here?


I tried to understand it. But, I get so frustrated I get angry and all "Brawly".


I can't imagine why anyone would doubt the Rev's veracity.

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I can't imagine why anyone would doubt the Rev's veracity.

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There are people who still believe the Brawly story. It's really sort of amazing.

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Sharpton is a survivor

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Like a cockroach.