CONFLICT OF INTEREST: IS BILL CLINTON ONE OF TAVIS SMILEY'S PAID ADVERTISERS???


 







February 23, 2008. There may be a huge scandal brewing for African American activist Tavis Smiley. As MediaTakeOut.com reported to you last week, Tavis ignited a firestorm when he publicly criticized Democratic frontrunner Barack Obama for refusing to stop campaigning and attend his State Of The Black Union conference which is taking place this weekend in New Orleans.

Tavis' uncharacteristic attack on the extraordinarily popular Obama had many African American's scrambling for answers. Some believed Tavis was jealous of Obama's success, other's believed he was angered that Obama didn't ask for his endorsement. But now MediaTakeOut.com has uncovered another possible reason.

MediaTakeOut.com has exclusively learned that Bill Clinton and Tavis Smiley may have a financial relationship. On Tavis' official website, Bill Clinton's book Giving is prominently featured in what appears to be an advertisement.

As you can see below, a link to the controversial former president's book is on the front page of Tavis' site. And when a user clicks the link, they are given instructions on how to purchase Giving from Amazon.com.

Tavis, please say you didn't just do what we think you did...

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COMMENTS:

    Yve
    Am I first??
     

    NicNasty032
    2nd?
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    I don‘t care

    kimberlyfbaby
    okay mto & you're shocked about this? Tavis is a Clinton supporter duh..thats why he isnt feeling Obama
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    on a journey called life...

    stlnellz
    blah blah hope ..blah blah change.. blah blah king...blah blah kennedy.. yes we can

    Obama
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    Tina Fey got it right

    PeriodLicker
    !st one to be in third place
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    Takes a good lickin‘ to keep MTO tickin

    Dudebequiet
    Well, well I think that he is caught up, with the hype of the Clinton's. He want a position in that white house if they win so leave that man along, he's doing what he feel is right to get where he needs to be in life. It's not our job to decide if he is wrong or right.
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    Never tell everything at once.

    Vcbayarea
    TOP 10!!!!
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    www.myspace.com/varsityclub36

    stlnellz
    Oh by the way the ad is an Amazon.com ad. What we do to our own people when we dont agree sad
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    Tina Fey got it right

    PeriodLicker
    Nicnasty Im Vagitarian too.
    Lets do lunch.
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    Takes a good lickin‘ to keep MTO tickin

    g8rgL08
    GoOd MoRnInG ALl..ToP 10 YAY
     

    klrich
    This dude is a clown man.....you have to believe he is dissing Obama for a reason and what better reason.....PROFIT BABY
     

    bigdaddy1696
    Thats why hes been coming at Obama sidways. F ckin sellout.
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    msbehaviin
    not a good look...
    black on black violence
    black on black discrimination
    whatever you wanna call the sh!t
    it's most definitely not a good look

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    bigdaddy1696
    Goodmorning Yve ! And everyone else.
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    youtube.com/BIGGDADDYFLICKS

    NicNasty032
    @ PeriodLicker

    You mean let's do dessert. We both like cherry pie.
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    I don‘t care

    MissJazZiiJaii
    Thats wrong! Is this true?
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    MySpace.com/BrooklynsFlyyest

    raythedamager
    They always want us to take each other out so they dont have to do it...
     

    Shootingstar
    Tavis Smiley = Assistant House Negro
     

    shlay85
    Yeah, Tavis tore his a** with me after his little b*tch-fest on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. From this point on, he can kick rocks, for all I care.
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    U know how long I been on ya....

    derekdee
    a real blogger gives credit where credit is due you stole this story, why no we the 1st to report comment get real
     

    derekdee
    black people needs to protest a sell out like smiley face, very few activist are really for the people other than the people in their family.
    T don't stand for tavis is stands for TOM as in uncle, protest this fool whowill set blacks back 2000 years, tavis mama is a hoe
     

    AskSomebody
    Hmm...
     

    stlnellz
    @derekdee lol Tavis is a sell out for not backing a multi-racial canidate
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    Tina Fey got it right

    raythedamager
    Uncle Tom a$$ n!gg@! This kinda shyt goes back to slavery times...
     

    Dabitchizhere
    Support who ya want Travis, but as much as the Clintons been f*ckin up, be fair and report ALL
    the bullshyt!
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    **tha-bitch-has-spoken**

    whynot
    Tavis is such a ish starter! Now the story is all over CNN.
     

    Queenearth
    This is really an old angle. The Clintons are known for this and I think Tavis' arrogance may have the public's attention. More importantly, is everyone watching "The State of the Black Union" on C-SPAN hosted by Tavis?
     

    mafiaprincess1
    @CrystalBlue..IS THAT YOU? AWWWWW YOU ARE PRETTY
    @weeedNmyWEAVE..YOUR PIC IS PRETTY AS WELL
    HEY YALL!!! WHERE MY E-FAM AT?
    OH AN ABOUT THE STORY TOPIC...DAM I'M SO USE TO RIDIN FOLKS, I FORGOT ABOUT THE STORY
    ANYHOO IT'S ALL ABOUT POLITICS MONEY BLK PEOPLE SALING THERE SOULS AN GREED!
    NOW BACK TO FINDING MY E-FAM WHERE YALL AT? HOLLA AT FAT CAT MAFIA!!
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    bwhhhhhhhawww yall crazy!

    mafiaprincess1
    @THEBITCHIZHERE
    GIRL U ARE GORGEOUS..WOULD YOU BE MY E-FAM? YOUR BEAUTIFU[SPAM][SPAM]LLLLL
    HOLLA BACK...I'M AT WORK.. WHEREEVER THAT IS LOLOLOLLMAOLMAOOOOOLOLOLOLO[SPAM]LLLLLBOW WEEZ[SPAM]YYYYYLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO GIRL I LUV LAUGHING TOO MAKE SURE YOU HOLLA BACK BEFORE I GET OFF WORK (WHERE EVER THAT MAYBE)
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    bwhhhhhhhawww yall crazy!

    tengam99
    Tavis Smiley, talked positive about changing black America/America, then suddenly when there's someone who can really make that changes come alive, he doesn't support it. What this says to me is that Tavis Smiley is not for black America's benefit but his own. I my opinion his endorsement of Clinton is ridiculous. The Clinton’s has used blacks like all the other white folks. The books written my former CIA agents who protect Bill Clinton during his years in the white have said flat out that the Clinton are the most racist people behind closed doors. How blacks can even conceive of voting for Clinton is unimaginable when we have a more than qualified black person in the running. Wake up black people. All of us need to stand together for once and put Obama in office, because if we don't accomplish this it will be too late when we find ourselves more impoverished, systematically enslaved, crime ridden, sick, ignored and pushed off in a corner with no help for the next hundred years. Thanks to Smiley, he's trying to make that happen. Obama is biblical, Tavis is a Joke. I will never support Tavis Smiley in any thing his does for now on. Tavis shame on you. I'm telling God so he can give you a spanking.
     

    FelonysHobby
    Tavis is mad because his ego is bruised. Yes Obama is trying to win the presidency and can't for one second let his foot off of Hillary's neck. Hillary is showing up because she has no other choice. She wants to tell the black people "hey, remember me?"

    Well "Travis" I used to appreciate what you were doing but you not understanding that there are bigger things at the moment is ludicrous. Stay on Hillary's pantyliner, Obama has done fine without you anyway!!!

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    kysauntie
    This would explain why he went so balistic.
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    R.I.P. Ky - Auntie misses you

    mafiaprincess1
    mafiaprincess Flag post
    @illyphilly E-BOO I GOT TO HURRY AND SEND YOU MY PIC
    BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THESE JEALOUS HOES TO PUT NOTHING IN YOUR HEAD
    ON THE REAL...AND NO YOU ARE NOT TALKING TO AN UGLY PERSON
    OR FAT BLACK PERSON
    I PRIDE MYSELF ON BEING PRETTY ON THE OUTSIDE
    AS WELL AS ON THE INSIDE.
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    Is this not the saddest post ever?

    haha haha

    I couldn't stop laughing and shaking me head
    at the same time!

    her post has ugly written all over it!!
    haha

    She said:
    AND NO YOU ARE NOT TALKING TO AN UGLY PERSON
    OR FAT BLACK PERSON
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    ummm let HIM be the judge already
    u ugly fat black bytch


    She also said:
    @illyphilly E-BOO I GOT TO HURRY AND SEND YOU MY PIC
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    ummm.....it's been over 2 months now.
    hahaha hahaha


    UGLY MAFIA GIVE IT UP
    EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU ARE UGLY
    you are EVERYTHING you're saying you not!!

    And like that chick said
    ugly mafia always gotta get back to "work"
    when gayilly comes on

    But today from what I just read
    she didn't run and use that "work" excuse
    But she did use it after awhile
    She tried to prove something
    hahahah

    TIME TO GET READY TO PARTY

    GOODNIGHT LOSERS!!!
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    SEE THIS THE SAME SHIIT I HAD TO DEALL WITH AT SCHOOL...I THOUGHT I HAD E-FRIENDS WOMP WOMP I GIVE UP!! U REVEALED IT, I MAY LOOK LIKE A BLACK GOAT, BUT I STILL PRIDE MYSELF AS BEING BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE...CAN I GET SOME CREDIT FOR THAT???? DAM
    BWAHHHH BWA[SPAM]H *HICCUPING* TO MUCH GRASS

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    Ya Need a Team to "Sting"
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    bwhhhhhhhawww yall crazy!

    RockStarMami
    YAHH B!TCH YAHH.....I BET YOU HE CRIES WHILE HE MASTERBATES
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    PASS DA BLUNT,WHILE I SH!T ON DEEZ HOES.

    jsu011
    cballer.blogspot.com check me out<-----
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    CBALLER.BLOGSPOT.COM .

    mayfield1970
    Black people should have the right to disagree with black people and not have their character nor "blackness" be in question. If Smiley was with Clinton from jump then I guess he is remaining loyal. We as a culture have so many deeprooted issues that we assume we all have to agree with each other.
     

    lewis3k
    Tavis,
    I would think you would be one of the last people to act like a
    buffoon to the benefit of whites. It is enough to have Julian Bond
    (President , NAACP), Bob Johnson, Magic Johnson, Maxine Waters, etc., and now
    you; to disgrace the black race and to publicize to white America that
    blacks without a doubt are stupid, like a bucket of crabs and do not get
    along . I assume the Clinton's has promised you and the others a spot
    in the WH cleaning out the master quarters and cooking.

    I'm disgusted by your childish behavior because Barack cannot make it
    to your event. Go crawl in a corner like a infant and suck on your
    biscuit . You are nothing but a Tom for white folks. Do not hate Barack
    because he is something you could and never would be. Lift your race up
    and be proud of this historical moment for Barack and have some
    understanding.

    I hate the fact that I'm black because the few blacks that HAVE A LITTLE MONEY WILL
    throw the rest of us under the bus for a deal with the WHITES
    that only benefit themselves .

    Go look in the mirror, again The last time I saw you, you were black
    and not to mention in need of losing some pounds. Let’s get is
    straight ,the white race do not give a FROCK about you , believe that Tom.

    Now go hetch me a biscuit, negro
     

    martymar74
    Yo, tell me Tavis didn't pull a [EXPLETIVE] move and attack Barack over some money and not his positions. And to think he suggested that Bob Johnson was a sellout, he's not much better apparently...
     

    msnsis
    Tavis has been a LONG TIME Clinton supporter....not surprising.
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    "Free to be authentically me"

    lewis3k
    Tavis, what the MUCK have you done since the floods in NO. Now mind you, Katrina is going on 3 years; but somehow, he things a yearly meeting among blacks that cannot do [EXPLETIVE] will make a difference . If these so call meetings had substance, things should be a lot BETTER in NO, after 3 years. Since Hilary will be at the meeting , perhaps she can provide a SOLUTION. After all, she is in the business for SOLUTION.
     

    Dabitchizhere
    @Mafiaprincess,

    LMAO!!! You are too funny!!!!...wherever u r!!!
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    **tha-bitch-has-spoken**

    lexx74
    First it was Magic Johnson, then came Bob Johnson and now it's Tavis Smiley. And to think, i use to respect you.

    BTW, an Obama presidency is going to expose all these phony, hidden agenda having cronies out of there caves.

    People just pay attention to whats going on. The nomination for the Democratic Party is more important than what your trying to do Tavis.

    If you wanted Obama to attend this discussion, you should've scheduled it before the primaries in new orleans.

    But NO, you had to wait until Billary was losing the primaries to bring this out of your A$$.

    It smells like the Clintons wanted to use this forum for another debate. going against what Obama agreed to for only 2 more debates. And they used Mr. "Can i smell your buttcheeks" Smiley for there own agenda.

    I have to agree. I feel like Tavis Smiley has thrown us under the bus.

    FAIR IS FAIR
     

    Caramelhoneys
    Tavis is acting like a little beotch...brotha just cause you think you're a kingmaker doenst make you a kingmaker..so stop all that hatin with you fast talkin azz and get on board the O-train...'nuff said dre of Caramelhoneys.com
     

    interesting
    Well I am glad our blackness is defined by our appearances. So you same folks will say Codi Rice, Clarence Thomas are black right.

    So, issues don't matter. Just being black in the White House and making it a Black House is what we all want.

    We don't want or need jobs, healthcare, better performing FEMA so the disgrace of Katrina would not happen, lower the economic gap between blacks/brown & whites.

    All we want is to make whitey made by putting a brother and sister in the White House to rule over whites who robbed this country from native americans, blacks, asians, etc...
     

    JessicaWhite
    Fukk Tavis!!!!!
     

    Harmony1956
    IN THE KING JAMES VERSION BIBLE, OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, THEIR IS ONLY ONE GOD, LOVE HIM OR HATE HIM IT'S YOUR CHOICE, YOU HAVE FREE WILL.
     

    tempertease
    just another hater of Obama
    Obama all the way!!!!!phuck the haters
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    South bend,Merrillville, indiana

    Harmony1956
    After praying for 5 years,and people say people trying to say i'm bipolar,which i never was, i finish high school in 1975, and 75 i also got my CNA license in high school.In stead of working as a CNA, i has a degree as an Office Specialist.So i would have to go to work as an CNA all my life. So it's in God' hand, and he said no weapon's form against me shall prosper. He don't go back on his word.So judge me or not it's in God's hands.
     

    SydSylvr
    aahhh Hell- to- da- NAH!

    Tavis SMiley!!!!! Chitlin.....
     

    ronicamikell
    GET DA MONEY DOLLA DOLLA BILL YALL
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    I TELL IT HOW I SEE IT.

    SweetSp22
    Seems he is a hooker. I've seen his profile at a millionaire dating site called millionairecupid.com. Seems he is hooking up with nice girls there.
     

    afroge
    Tavis Smiley is a prime examples of "Crabs pulling us back down in the bucket". He appears to be nothing more than a "SELLOUT".

    On the black forum he conducted on this past weekend, he continually tried to force his quest on the forum to say bad things about Obama.

    He kept bringing up questions that would encourage bad answers about Obama.

    But this is our fault Black America. We support this thing that appears to be an "uncle tom in disguise". STOP SUPPORTING TAVIS SMILEY, STOP WATCHING THAT [EXPLETIVE] HE CALLS A SHOW, STOP SUPPORTING ANYBODY THAT APPEARS TO HAVE AN ONGOING AGENDA TO KEEP BLACKS DOWN.

    BET IS 100% MORE POSITIVE SINCE DEBRA LEE TOOK OVER AND GOT THAT SCUM OUT THAT WAS THERE BEFORE, AND WE NEED TO PUSH FOR TAVIS SMILEY TO BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR, AND ALL OF US NEED TO FIND A MORE POSITIVE ROLE MODEL TO WATCH.

    THERE WAS A YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT ON TAVIS BLACK FORUM THIS WEEKEND AND TAVIS TRIED TO FORCE HER INTO TALKING NEGATIVE ABOUT OBAMA, BUT SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTION IN A WAY THAT MADE TAVIS SMILEY LOOK LIKE A "FOOL FROM THE CAVE MAN DAYS", THE YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT BROUGHT HIM BACK TO REALITY SO FAST IT WAS A SHAME!!!!!

    THIS YOUNG BLACK STUDENT TOLD TAVIS SMILEY IN SO MANY WORDS THAT " WE RECOGNIZE WHAT APPEARS TO BE UNCLE TOMS, WE RECOGNIZE CRABS AND HATERS IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WE DO NOT INTEND TO LET PEOPLE SUCH A TAVIS SMILEY, HOLD US BACK ANY MORE.

    WAKE UP BLACK PEOPLE, AND WEED THOSE CRABS OUT, IT IS WAY PAST DUE!!!!!
     

    afroge
    Tavis Smiley is a prime examples of "Crabs pulling us back down in the bucket". He appears to be nothing more than a "SELLOUT".

    On the black forum he conducted on this past weekend, he continually tried to force his Guest on the forum to say bad things about Obama.

    He kept bringing up questions that would encourage bad answers about Obama.

    But this is our fault Black America. We support this thing that appears to be an "uncle tom in disguise". STOP SUPPORTING TAVIS SMILEY, STOP WATCHING THAT [EXPLETIVE] HE CALLS A SHOW, STOP SUPPORTING ANYBODY THAT APPEARS TO HAVE AN ONGOING AGENDA TO KEEP BLACKS DOWN.

    BET IS 100% MORE POSITIVE SINCE DEBRA LEE TOOK OVER AND GOT THAT SCUM OUT THAT WAS THERE BEFORE, AND WE NEED TO PUSH FOR TAVIS SMILEY TO BE TAKEN OFF THE AIR, AND ALL OF US NEED TO FIND A MORE POSITIVE ROLE MODEL TO WATCH.

    THERE WAS A YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT ON TAVIS BLACK FORUM THIS WEEKEND AND TAVIS TRIED TO FORCE HER INTO TALKING NEGATIVE ABOUT OBAMA, BUT SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTION IN A WAY THAT MADE TAVIS SMILEY LOOK LIKE A "FOOL FROM THE CAVE MAN DAYS", THE YOUNG COLLEGE STUDENT BROUGHT HIM BACK TO REALITY SO FAST IT WAS A SHAME!!!!!

    THIS YOUNG BLACK STUDENT TOLD TAVIS SMILEY IN SO MANY WORDS THAT " WE RECOGNIZE WHAT APPEARS TO BE UNCLE TOMS, WE RECOGNIZE CRABS AND HATERS IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WE DO NOT INTEND TO LET PEOPLE SUCH A TAVIS SMILEY, HOLD US BACK ANY MORE.

    WAKE UP BLACK PEOPLE, AND WEED THOSE CRABS OUT, IT IS WAY PAST DUE!!!!!
     

    EBZ01
    Could be both.....resentment and jealousy....
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    Still UGK for LIFE!!!!!

    bigsam404
    We are our own worst enemy. It's a damn shame that we can't support each other. He has no real reason not to support Mr. Obama. Yeah, things were good during the "Clinton Administration" but that was '92 - '00. This is '08 and we need a change. DAMN RIGHT I support this well educated, hard working, "for the people", good black man. Damnit y'all better vote in November!!
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    MmmMmmm Bitch!!!

    IM4REALTHO
    The Crabs In A Bucket mentality still lives on! This is absurd! Barack 08' all the way, Baby!
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    PuertoRican Gurlz R FiyaHot!!!!

    charlesmoore72
    tavis is such a sucka. i'm ashamed that he's my frat bruh. tavis is jealous of obama's success. tavis on the down low and needs to come front. gay mf!
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