Lawsuit Plaintiff Byron Allen: Comcast Uses ‘Least Expensive Negro’ Al Sharpton To ‘Cover’ Discrimination

Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Al Sharpton were hit last week with a $20 billion lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against black-owned media companies. While Sharpton and Comcast have spoken out against the lawsuit, co-plaintiff Byron Allen stood by his allegations in a HuffPost Live conversation on Friday.

Allen, who is the chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios, told host Caroline Modarressay-Tehrani that black media companies receive a small share of the annual spending on cable licensing.

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