Posted on 01/17/2005 12:47:09 AM PST by nickcarraway
When Tavis Smiley walked away from his National Public Radio show last month, he did not go quietly.
In a series of interviews, he cast aspersions on his former employer, telling Time: "It is ironic that a Republican president has an administration that is more inclusive and more diverse than a so-called liberal-media-elite network."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"Liberal" doesn't translate into social justice, IMHO. By the way, his left/right/center pundit "free form discussion lineups" toward the end there were very interesting discussions with some frank comments from all sides. I'd say it was really good TV.
He actually uses the word "Negro"????
I know he's trying to make a point, but I thought that was taboo.
I can't say I've ever heard the guy.
Who is Tavis Smiley?
Not to worry. He may not be on NPR but he still has a PBS talk show and it's as far left as you can get.
You haven't heard college and other indie radio. Anything that carries signal from Pacifica and such - watch out. Flip through the stations in the Bay Area any time and you can hear anti-government propaganda. It's odd that people will use the public radio waves to say how much they're being oppressed, repressed, depressed, obsessed, and reposessed by the government. Then you hear crickets chirping. That's a free country. Maybe a little too free, but that doesn't seem to sink in.
It sounds like they fired him because he wanted way too much money. And so he's playing the race card.
Note the giveaway phrase in the full piece "once we heard it was a violation of ethics"
He had a very popular program on BET before the shake up over there. He's actually very good at what he does, but his politics are really of another era.
I thought only black CONSERVATIVES got money under the table.
Tavis is not the biggest a$$hole on the planet, but he'll do.
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