Weasel Zippers "Number of times Sharpton has apologized for his past actions: Zero."WZ cites this Politico article: "The evidence: A new documentary short from The New York Times and Retroreport.org about the 1987 Tawana Brawley hoax, during which Sharpton was found guilty of defaming a local prosecutor who he accused of attacking and raping the 15-year-old Brawley. As the documentary shows, there had been no rape; Brawley had defaced herself. Stevens also accuses Sharpton of using the Brawley case to inflame racial tensions and promote his own career."
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""If you are an NBC exec and have kids, sit down with them and watch the Times documentary on Tawana Brawley," he writes. "And when your kids ask why your colleague Al Sharpton is working for NBC, you can explain to them why everything you’ve tried to teach them about honesty, fair play and decency is wrong and Al Sharpton is right." "
The Tawana Brawley Story "Brawley, after all, was a 15-year old African American teenager, who had been allegedly assaulted by six white men — including a police officer — from her upstate New York community.
But as her tale played out on the nightly news, another story unfolded, one that raised serious questions about Brawley’s claims and her advisers, including the Rev. Al Sharpton."
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