Unfortunately I turned on the radio today and heard one blurb from Sharpton during Jackson’s funeral... he was talking about how as an African-American Jackson led the way for the world to recognize hunger in Africa, and at one point he said:
“It was Michael Jackson that made us sing “We are the world” and feed the hungry long before Live Aid.”
Somehow suggesting Whitey was late to the issue. For Al facts clearly unimportant to him since:
A) We Are the World came out April 1985, Live Aid took place only two months later in June. It’s certainly a stretch to say “long before”
B) Live Aid stemmed from Bob Geldolf’s experiences writing and recording “Do They Know It’s Chritmas?” (recorded by a collection of 80s British Invasion bands), which was released in 1984.
Seems Al needs to recheck his facts.
You have mistakenly assumed that Sharpton is interested in facts...
What do you want to bet that he knows the facts and ignores them for his own purposes!