Cable news network MSNBC claims it was blindsided to learn that a non-profit founded by longtime on-air personality the Rev. Al Sharpton received half a million dollars from Kamala Harris’ campaign just before he interviewed her.

The donations that flowed in just before the New York activist’s conversation with Harris have brought up questions about the news outlet’s credibility.

The National Action Network, a civil rights non-profit that was founded by Sharpton in 1991, received $500,000 from the Harris campaign just weeks before the MSNBC host conducted a highly-anticipated sit-down with the Democrat.

Campaign finance records from the 60-year-old’s campaign reveal that two separate payments went to National Action Network.

One payment for $250,000 was sent to the non-profit on Sept. 5 and another for the same amount was sent on Oct. 1.

The softball interview with Sharpton occurred on Oct. 20, just weeks after the second payment.

MSNBC is widely known to be a liberal-leaning channel, and the fact that one of its top talents took in a huge amount of cash just before a consequential interview has caused backlash from journalists who say the outlet’s now got a ‘black eye.’

During the rosy interview, the MSNBC host lavishly praised Harris’ ‘extraordinary historic campaign’ while simultaneously decrying Donald Trump as ‘hostile and erratic.’

When pressed on the donations to Sharpton’s group by the Free Beacon, MSNBC did not respond for weeks.

Finally, the outlet responded pleading the fifth.

A spokesman for MSNBC stunningly told the Free Beacon that it was ‘unaware’ of the Harris campaigns donations to National Action Network.

‘MSNBC was unaware of the donations made to the National Action Network,’ the spokesman told the outlet.

The employee then declined to share whether MSNBC would take any actions against Sharpton.

He said that the company does not comment on ‘personnel matters.’

The Society of Professional Journalists slammed MSNBC for not knowing about the donations to Sharpton’s group.

‘This kind of entanglement harms the credibility of the journalist, the news organization, and journalism overall, and credibility is difficult to restore,’ they told the Free Beacon. ‘While Sharpton may not consider himself a journalist, many viewers do.’

‘When TV news broadcasters do not report their conflicts of interest, or conduct their work in ways that run counter to ethical journalism, it builds distrust among their audiences and places a black eye on both their network and the profession,’ the group said.

Previously, MSNBC took punitive actions against hosts that donated to political efforts.

In 2010, then-President of MSNBC Phil Griffin suspended popular ‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough after it came to light he gave over $4,000 in political donations.

That same year former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann was also suspended for making political donations to Democrats.