Smiley says his PBS show is "doing the Lord's work" by challenging assumptions

PBS host Tavis Smiley has posted a transcript on his Facebook page of his chat with Memphis broadcaster Myron Mays. "PBS is a network that is watched by movers and shakers and by people who run the country, power players and other influencers," Smiley told Mays. "It’s a great platform for us to try to empower them and try to enlighten them and quite frankly try to expand their inventory of ideas. It’s a great platform to try to get them to reexamine the assumptions they hold. I think we’re doing the Lord’s work."