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If the drumbeat of sexual harassment allegations against an increasing number of men is the work of a political dirty trickster operation, 

, it seems that it would have required knowledge that PBS, in these cases, wouldn't have bothered to contact the accused. It's entirely possible, but probable? That seems like more of a lucky guess than a strategy.

. He lost his distributor for his show when PBS walked away yesterday, issuing only this statement.

But Smiley fought back hard, and with a denial that makes it hard to completely dismiss the notion that he was set up.

https://twitter.com/tavissmiley/status/941178017241432064

Smiley's stand appears to carry with it a different strategy than that from others similarly accused. He appears ready to tell -- and be questioned about --  his side of the story from the start.

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Smiley's stand appears to carry with it a different strategy than that from others similarly accused. He appears ready to tell -- and be questioned about --  his side of the story from the start.


Tavis Smiley fights back

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