Sharpton and others were to visit the FCC on Wednesday, according to Reuters Washington Daybook. The Web site for Sharpton's National Action Network said
the group planned to complain about a waiver granted to Murdoch's News
Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS) that allows the media house to own a television station and
newspaper in New York City, "the same city which is clearly empowering
them to do racist cartoons
without fear of retribution and fear of losing advertising dollars,"
the site's homepage says.
Murdoch
himself apologized in a written statement on the Post's site,
acknowledging, "We ran a cartoon that offended many people. Today
I want to personally
apologize to any reader who felt offended, and even insulted." Murdoch
added that "the only intent of that cartoon was to mock a badly
written piece of legislation." - Chris Nolter
Rev. Al Sharpton took his protests over a controversial cartoon in the
New York Post to Washington, saying the government
should reconsider a Federal Communications Commission waiver granted to Rupert Murdoch's media empire.
