[AKA_Monet]

I got something similar to OHLALA's post in my email:

Maybe most of you have already heard but I MUST address this issue. This
morning, as I was getting dressed to go to the plantation, my ears were
assaulted by the words coming out of Tom Joyner's mouth (guest of Steve
Harvey):

Viacom has canceled the BET - Tavis Smiley Show.

Hmmmmm. What has become a nightly ritual for me (when I am home, not sleep,
and am not on the computer) is watching the Tavis Smiley Show. The brother
is a good debater and has timely issues. A controversial book comes out
today, within a month the author is on his show. (Recent ex: John McWhorter
- Losing the Race - Self Sabotage in Black America.) Your analytical skills
lacking? Tavis WILL catch you and call you on it.

AND... (you know this put me over the top) Ya wanna know how he found out
his show was canceled? (cancellation effective September 1, 2001.)

Viacom, after what they call debates and "creative differences", faxed four
lines to Tavis' agent who then phoned Tavis and informed him of the
cancellation while Tavis was on the way to his grandmother's funeral. ("Miss
Adele") (silence)

What do we do? Blow up every point of contact for the CEO of Viacom.

Mel Karmazin, CEO Viacom
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 975-5500 (v-mail at the office)
(212) 258-6000 (Viacom main number - we understand his voice mail is full and
he is not clearing the messages - old playa trick.)
(212) 975-5361 (fax)
mel.karmazin@viacom.com - email

It doesn't have to be a long correspondence.

If you agree that Black Entertainment Television should remain a source of
not only entertainment but also enlightenment, (although debates ARE
entertaining for me - wakes up my brain)...

If you think that a show like Tavis Smiley's is more important to the
maintenance and advancement of our people than comics - who are so original
that they can format the show around 1 subject which 20 comics have addressed
in their routines while Tavis' show has won the NAACP Image Award for the
past three years...

please write

If you get bored at work - send a fax

bored again? send an email

got 5 minutes before you go home? leave a little voice message

got writer's block while at the computer - jot down a few lines and snail
mail them

Thanx for your time.

I'm wit cha Soror DG!!!