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Article: Sharpton Image; He's a Long Shot Who Made Mistakes, but He's Not a Candidate the Media Can Ignore
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 5, 2003
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Al Sharpton has a few things to say about how journalists keep
rummaging through what he calls his "baggage."
"People get away with saying things about people who are colored,"
he growls.
As Sharpton holds forth over a cup of coffee at Capitol Hill's
Hyatt Regency, a cameraman is recording every word for a forthcoming
movie about Reverend Al. The newly minted presidential candidate,
just back from Burbank, Calif., where he chatted up Jay Leno,
moments earlier finished a roaring speech that brought members of the
Democratic National Committee to their feet.
So should reporters keep bringing up Tawana Brawley?
Sharpton, after all, had to pay a $65,000 defamation judgment for
falsely accusing ...