Right-Wing Anti-MSNBC Campaign Urges Subscribers to Ditch Comcast

A conservative Tea Party organization launched an anti-MSNBC campaign that will involve sending e-mails to 2.3 million people urging them to dump the channel’s parent company, Comcast, as their cable TV provider.

The campaign, from FreedomWorks, also includes an online video that focuses entirely on Al Sharpton, an MSNBC host the organization portrays as “a known race-card hustler” and believes its membership has a particular disdain for. “By paying your Comcast cable bill, your money is helping to pay for Al Sharpton’s salary … Switch your cable provider now,” the video says. Insiders say the video, or one like it, will also be turned into a TV commercial that will air in regions where Comcast is prevalent. The e-mail informs readers that, “Cable company Comcast owns the left-wing media outlet MSNBC that broadcasts propaganda instead of news. The site even links to alternative providers such as Dish Network, DirecTV, Verizon and AT&T.