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Article: Black Media Barons Back Sharpton Bid; Donations Help Keep Drive Alive
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- The Washington Post
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- November 9, 2003
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Al Sharpton's bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has
so far attracted little support from voters, but plenty of financial
backing from a loosely knit coalition of wealthy African American
media barons and impresarios.
Sharpton, the fiery and colorful New York preacher, has been the
candidate of choice for business executives such as billionaire cable
TV mogul Robert L. Johnson of Washington, Cathy Hughes of Radio One
Inc. in Maryland, and hip-hop entrepreneurs Russell Simmons and Sean
"P. Diddy" Combs. Each has given Sharpton the maximum permitted,
$2,000.
Indeed, if not for the financial contributions of the black media
establishment, Sharpton's underdog candidacy would be even ...