MSNBC Gives Platform to Former NAACP Chief to Blast Voter ID Laws As 'Racist In Intent'

Ken Shepherd

Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 5:53pm

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During the week of December 5, MSNBC is giving Politics Nation host Al Sharpton a platform to attack voter ID laws as a move to "Block the Vote" and keep black voters from the polls. To help drive more viewers to tune in, the network is having daytime news anchors run segments critical of such voter ID laws. During the 11 a.m. Eastern hour of MSNBC's November 8 programming, anchor Thomas Roberts interviewed former NAACP chairman Julian Bond, who insisted that voter ID laws were "racist in intent."

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