Well Tavis Smiley has a new show. After getting ousted from PBS for alleged sexual harassment (which I'm not sure what to make of it but I know I'm getting tired of these whining assed women). He didn't waste any time, well I guess he couldn't afford to. Now I'm not gonna' beat up on Tavis coz' anytime a Black man is a Man, the white establishment in this country has a problem with it. Tavis is a very intelligent Alpha Black male who hopefully will serve his king well. But he can thank all this trouble for his constant attempts to badmouth President Obama because Obama didn't participate in his live forum and allow him to host a Presidential debate. Tried to explain to this idiot that as the first African American President of this country Obama's hands were tied. He just insist in his childish mind that Obama could have done something for him! Just like a niggah with that idiotic ghetto philosophy, 'what about me????' That stupid ghetto shit has led to the downfall of many a talented African American person coz' sometimes it just can't be you!! Not at this time! Not at this place! Not in this forum! But some people won't understand this that's why Tavis broke badly with Tom Joyner and others too coz' he had gotten too arrogant for his own good. Like my grandfather used to say, don't let your education turn you into a fool. It's good to be highly educated, but knowing how to use what you know for practical purposes rather than showing everyone 'how educated' you are, you'll wind up playing yourself. And he did!
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Less than a month after PBS dropped Tavis Smiley's talk show after reported inappropriate relationships with subordinates, Smiley announced a deal Monday to go back to work with a new series about inspirational stories.
His series, The Upside with Tavis Smiley, will be streamed online and shown on The Word Network, a religious-oriented cable and satellite channel directed at black viewers. He also announced a five-city "town hall" tour to talk about relationships in the workplace.
Among the men caught up in sexual misconduct cases the past few months, Smiley has been most aggressive in fighting back and the first to publicly announce plans to resume his career. His new show is expected to start in the spring.
Smiley compared the experience to when he was fired by BET in 2001 for offering an interview that he had conducted with a newsmaker to ABC News before BET. He wrote books about rebounding from setbacks, and launched the late-night talk show with PBS that aired for 14 years.
"I would not wish this experience on my worst enemy," Smiley said. "Having said that, the last time this happened, great things came out of it."
Although conceding that what was once considered acceptable in the workplace may no longer be, Smiley has been defiant, suggesting that romances between professional colleagues is hardly unusual. However, PBS investigators reportedly found women who felt their advancement at work was tied to the sexual relationships, an assertion Smiley has denied.
He'll be a test case for whether fans will be willing to overlook behavior that an employer considered out of bounds.
By fashioning a new program focusing on inspirational stories instead of more general interest news and entertainment, Smiley will sidestep the issue of whether his downfall would make celebrities reluctant to be interviewed by him. By striking a digital distribution deal with the media company AerNow and a little-watched cable network, he will also be much less visible.
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