Don't Piss Robert Johnson and BET off
This was Tavis' first, and it should have been his last, big mistake. Pissing off the previous head honcho and owner at bet who pulled the plug on Tavis' show some years ago. Ironically it was Tom Joyner who came to Tavis' defense about the firing prompting Johnson and Joyner to clash as Johnson expressed his dismay over Joyner's misleading statements. Apparently, Joyner thought Mel Karmazin fired Tavis when Viacom took over bet but Johnson was quick to take responsibility for being the actual one who fired Tavis, citing after a five-year relationship with Tavis Smiley, “we have terminated the remainder of his contract effective immediately. There are a number of public and private concerns which led to my decision. Actions by Mr. Smiley left us little recourse but to make this move.”
I side with Tavis. Tom Joyner, Al Sharpton and Steve Harvey are the sell outs. Al used to to criticise the President but has since beeen co-opted. Maybe when he changed his hairdo it changed more than his locks. Steve is a comedienne, propped up by ghost writers nuff said. Tavis raises real issues. It’s just sad our President is black and the recipient of his harsh but true criticism. We need to stand for truth and not popularity or ratings or money. If we would support truth tellrs then they would not have to bow to media moguls and in teh end true voices could be heard vice media and radio talking heads.