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He also accused PBS of racial bias. One guest on the show who was involved claimed she was not invited back despite submitting to Smiley. However, she was terminated when others found out. She told the investigators that she believed other office sexual relationships played a role in her dismissal. He later asked her to have a threesome. Tavis Smiley: The highlight for me has always been the next interview.

When you love your work as I do. The person who has appeared on my show the most is Dr. Maya Angelou. I also do a radio show with my dear and abiding friend Dr. Cornell West. The interview that was noted the most was one with Bill Clinton. It was the first after the Monica Lewinsky scandal. That really put me out there in the national media. I also had a great interview with Fidel Castro. Q: In your new book, Fail Up: 20 Lessons on Building Success From Failure , you talk about the backlash you faced after criticizing Barack Obama in the campaign when you described him as "hesitant to discuss issues of specific concern to people of color.

Smiley: When this brouhaha jumped off between Barack Obama and Tavis Smiley, I was a bit taken aback, in part because if I have been nothing else - and I am a cracked vessel - I have tried to be consistent to the truth. There were a litany of issues on which I took Bill Clinton to task for a lot of things, even though he was beloved by black folk. And nobody black ever said to me, "You can't critique, you can't criticize, you can't hold accountable the president.

All along I've talked about accountability. The Mississippi-born, Indiana-raised broadcaster said KBLA, with a signal reaching nearly 12 million Southern California listeners, could be the flagship for an eventual nationwide network. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

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