MSNBC How Political Activism and Cable Show Hosting Co-Exist at MSNBC By Chris Ariens on Sep. 19, 2011 - 12:45 PM The New York Times takes on the issues of Al Sharpton: eternal activist / cable news host, and how the two co-exist. Many polarizing former office holders — Sarah Palin, Eliot L. Spitzer — have been given TV platforms, but Mr. ...