Smiley is not taking this lying down, and has made it clear that he will resort to litigation if necessary to regain his plum position and his reputation.Thomas Lifson "Sooner or later the fever will break when it comes to the hysteria consuming politics with unverified charges sufficient to destroy careers, and feminist thought-leaders (such as they are) expressing indifference to the fate of innocent men being caught up. Already, two Democrat Senators, one a member of the Judiciary Committee, have expressed regret over Al Franken being forced to promise to resign, sometime, at a date to be determined, without due process. The Senate Ethics Committee operates in secret, but a finding that no proof exists that Franken assaulted anyone could trigger a wave of support for keeping him among Senate Democrats.
"But another important case, that of Tavis Smiley, could also be a trigger for the fever breaking. Although I agree with him on few matters, I think the way Smiley was handled by PBS is a disgrace. Smiley was terminated from his longtime gig at PBS, hosting a nightly talk show there, without being able to confront his accusers, or even know the nature of the accusations against him. This violates every pillar of due process, and is unfair in the face of it." . . .
Portion of Smiley's interview with Tucker Carlson:
What else are you going to meet people? Our business is full of people, producers and talk show host who met on the job. Millions of Americans who met their spouse at work. I don’t think I have the right to tell people who to date. The problem here is that we are starting to criminalize legitimate relationships between consenting adults and that’s a real problem for me. And if this does in fact end up in court, millions of taxpayer dollars are going to be spent by pbs to defend itself and I don’t think the taxpayers want their money spent that way.
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