JESSE JACKSON STYLE SHAKEDOWN: NAACP President Caught Selling Endorsements For Political CandidatesMaking a political endorsement by the NAACP completely irrelevant You d think in order to get an endorsement from the NAACP or its members that you d have to demonstrate loyalty and allegiance to black causes, but you d be wrong. All it takes is some cold hard cash. An NAACP chapter president is offering up political endorsements from a Political Action Committee he represents in exchange for a fat stack of Ben Franklins.Hezekiah Jackson is the Birmingham, AL NAACP chapter president. He is also the co-chair of Team Seven, a powerful local PAC whose endorsements promise to deliver votes from the black community. Team Seven is hosting a banquet on February 4 for local candidates to connect with voters. Of course this banquet is not free to the candidates, but there s something even dirtier about it.I know that I wrote in my headline that Jackson was busted for selling endorsements, which implies he was sneaking around and got caught. In actuality, he was flaunting this pay-off scheme and didn t care who noticed. According to AL.com, Jackson sent the following e-mail to candidates he hoped would slide a little money his way. It s basically a list of how much things cost and what you get for it:1. Deadline to submit payment is Friday, January 23, 2016 to me (Jackson) or Pastor Webb (Ad committee co-chair Gwen Webb).2. Candidates purchasing an ad ($500) will have two minutes to speak.3. Candidates purchasing a table ($500) will have two minutes to speak.4. Candidates purchasing a combo (ad   $250 and table for eight   $500 = $750) will have three minutes to speak.Pay close attention to the next one:5. Candidates who do not purchase an ad nor a table WILL NOT be considered for endorsement.Did you get that? The candidates either pay up or they won t even be considered for an endorsement from Jackson s PAC. No matter how you look at it, that s unethical as hell and probably illegal. Political Action Committees are bound by certain laws and I d like to believe shaking down politicians for endorsements is a big no-no.This is a classic Al Sharpton race-hustling scheme. You want an endorsement? You want to be absolved of offending the black community? You want to avoid bad press and a boycott? Just pay some tribute to the good Reverend and he ll handle everything. Some may see this as extortion, but to Sharpton it s just black activism. Via: DownTrendleft-news
jesse jackson style shakedown naacp president caught selling endorsements for political candidatesmaking political endorsement naacp completely irrelevant you think order get endorsement naacp members demonstrate loyalty allegiance black causes wrong all takes cold hard cash an naacp chapter president offering political endorsements political action committee represents exchange fat stack ben jackson birmingham al naacp chapter president he also team seven powerful local pac whose endorsements promise deliver votes black community team seven hosting banquet february local candidates connect voters of course banquet free candidates something even drier know i wrote headline jackson busted selling endorsements implies sneaking around got caught in actuality planting scheme care noticed according jackson sent following candidates hoped would slide little money way it basically list much things cost get deadline submit payment friday january jackson pastor webb ad committee gwen webb candidates purchasing ad two minutes candidates purchasing table two minutes candidates purchasing combo ad table eight three minutes close attention next candidates purchase ad table will not considered get the candidates either pay even considered endorsement jackson pac no matter look unethical hell probably illegal political action committees bound certain laws i like believe shaking politicians endorsements big classic al sharon scheme you want endorsement you want resolved offending black community you want avoid bad press boycott just pay tribute good reverend handle everything some may see extortion sharon black activism via
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: JESSE JACKSON STYLE SHAKEDOWN: NAACP President Caught Selling Endorsements For Political CandidatesMaking a political endorsement by the NAACP completely irrelevant You d think in order to get an endorsement from the NAACP or its members that you d have to demonstrate loyalty and allegiance to black causes, but you d be wrong. All it takes is some cold hard cash. An NAACP chapter president is offering up political endorsements from a Political Action Committee he represents in exchange for a fat stack of Ben Franklins.Hezekiah Jackson is the Birmingham, AL NAACP chapter president. He is also the co-chair of Team Seven, a powerful local PAC whose endorsements promise to deliver votes from the black community. Team Seven is hosting a banquet on February 4 for local candidates to connect with voters. Of course this banquet is not free to the candidates, but there s something even dirtier about it.I know that I wrote in my headline that Jackson was busted for selling endorsements, which implies he was sneaking around and got caught. In actuality, he was flaunting this pay-off scheme and didn t care who noticed. According to AL.com, Jackson sent the following e-mail to candidates he hoped would slide a little money his way. It s basically a list of how much things cost and what you get for it:1. Deadline to submit payment is Friday, January 23, 2016 to me (Jackson) or Pastor Webb (Ad committee co-chair Gwen Webb).2. Candidates purchasing an ad ($500) will have two minutes to speak.3. Candidates purchasing a table ($500) will have two minutes to speak.4. Candidates purchasing a combo (ad   $250 and table for eight   $500 = $750) will have three minutes to speak.Pay close attention to the next one:5. Candidates who do not purchase an ad nor a table WILL NOT be considered for endorsement.Did you get that? The candidates either pay up or they won t even be considered for an endorsement from Jackson s PAC. No matter how you look at it, that s unethical as hell and probably illegal. Political Action Committees are bound by certain laws and I d like to believe shaking down politicians for endorsements is a big no-no.This is a classic Al Sharpton race-hustling scheme. You want an endorsement? You want to be absolved of offending the black community? You want to avoid bad press and a boycott? Just pay some tribute to the good Reverend and he ll handle everything. Some may see this as extortion, but to Sharpton it s just black activism. Via: DownTrendleft-news
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: jesse jackson style shakedown naacp president caught selling endorsements for political candidatesmaking political endorsement naacp completely irrelevant you think order get endorsement naacp members demonstrate loyalty allegiance black causes wrong all takes cold hard cash an naacp chapter president offering political endorsements political action committee represents exchange fat stack ben jackson birmingham al naacp chapter president he also team seven powerful local pac whose endorsements promise deliver votes black community team seven hosting banquet february local candidates connect voters of course banquet free candidates something even drier know i wrote headline jackson busted selling endorsements implies sneaking around got caught in actuality planting scheme care noticed according jackson sent following candidates hoped would slide little money way it basically list much things cost get deadline submit payment friday january jackson pastor webb ad committee gwen webb candidates purchasing ad two minutes candidates purchasing table two minutes candidates purchasing combo ad table eight three minutes close attention next candidates purchase ad table will not considered get the candidates either pay even considered endorsement jackson pac no matter look unethical hell probably illegal political action committees bound certain laws i like believe shaking politicians endorsements big classic al sharon scheme you want endorsement you want resolved offending black community you want avoid bad press boycott just pay tribute good reverend handle everything some may see extortion sharon black activism via