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Latest comment: 1 year ago7 comments5 people in discussion
I am removing the description of Smiley as "left-wing" from the introduction, becuase as I understand the requirements for WP:BLP, unless Smiley self-identifies that way it should not be included. Certainly, it should not be included in the lead sentence. Some discussion of this point can be found on the Bill O'Reilly (commentator) page.
That is a far better source the one previously provided for calling him "left-wing." If there is a source where Smiley calls himself "left-wing," then it is of course fine to include it in his article. I have to say, however, I don't think the book title is enough; perhaps there is a quote somewhere. -Kgwo197213:31, 3 November 2007 (UTC)Reply
http://www.urbancure.org/article.asp?id=3060 (Just as most Democrats refused to appear at a debate organized by the Fox News Channel, many Republicans are boycotting Smiley's debate)
After all, it's no secret that he is left-wing. One of his heroes is self-described Marxist Cornell West and he has long blasted Clarence Thomas for his non-liberal views (both consertative and libertarian). He even had three critics of Thomas on his show following a [60 Minutes] piece on him, even though the piece was no softer than the ones it has done in the past on liberal figures, including Anita Hill. -- Gerkinstock23:04, 13 November 2007 (UTC)Reply
He is a Leftist, as is Smiley. Smiley should be properly identified as such here. The only significant difference West has with Marxism is in the area of religion.--Gerkinstock (talk) 23:21, 18 January 2008 (UTC)Reply
Labelling someone a Leftist, which is itself a undefined term, is in the US a form of slander. Currently, and i dont care who disagrees, anyone in the US who holds any political or social beliefs that have ever been described as liberal, left wing, socialist, progressive, democratic, populist, or positioned on any political spectrum as less right wing than, say, Richard Nixon, is a target of political attack dogs to be labelled as whichever term is most likely to trigger hatred among the average citizen: communist, fascist, marxist, maoist, statist, tax and spend liberal. this is all completely unencyclopedic, political discourse, which should not be repeated here as any type of reliable labelling.12.125.80.214 (talk) 19:11, 15 March 2012 (UTC)Reply
Perhaps in general report things like this in completely factual sentences with sources, with a tendency to always include how the person identifies politically. Eg. "Smiley has described himself as a ....[source ref]". And other factual clues, such as membership of organizations, eg: "Smiley is a member of the ..... party [source ref]". Similarly for right wing figures, prioritize self identification and their membership of organizations--all the factual stuff rather than the hit pieces in the political press. Academicskeptic9 (talk) 11:23, 15 October 2022 (UTC)Reply
Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion
Content of The Tavis Smiley Show is almost entirely repetitive of the content on Tavis Smiley, seems to be confused about the transition from NPR to PBS, and doesn't mention the reasons for the PBS termination at all. Might as well merge what's salvageable to here. Apocheir (talk) 22:52, 7 September 2024 (UTC)Reply