Luckily Pacifica has now been Saved and has moved forward to become a
radio network whose purpose is to blindly Support Barrack Obama - without
any criticism or any analysis of his policies whatsoever. Wow what a change
from the old days of blindly supporting the Democratic Party as advocated by
of Pat Scott, Lynne Chadwick, Rob Robinson and others. So at least Pacifica
has made some progress.
Now if the Pacifica related listservs "activists" can just get rid of
the last vestiges of any political purposes of Pacifica then the job of
Saving Pacifica will almost be done. Pacifica must be "professional" and
not political in any way. And real progress is being made since Pacifica is
getting more "professional" (or at least less political) every day.
Jim D.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Markowitz" <democracywhere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Brian Shiratsuki" <bks@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <fulcrumsofchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Fulcrumsofchange] It says
> The Pacifica National News Director is not a director, nor is she a
> journalist. She is merely a crappy news anchor that reads mainstream news
> network feed reports. She is the Washingtion DC Pacifica station's last
> beneficiary of the Pat Scott, Lynne Chadwick, Rob Robinson Democratic
> Party operation in 1996 foisted on all five signal areas to help
> deradicalize Pacifica's on-air content and transform it into a
> 'left'-sounding, progressive version of NPR.
>
> The primary political objective?
>
> To remove and destablize the last potential mass media obstacle that could
> have the potential to re-organize or stiumlate effective political
> activism against the Clinton (read: Bush gang) coming anti-terrorist and
> 'free'trade policies expanded during the 2nd Clinton administration.
>
> There's the real 'Mission' for 'ya.
>
> JM
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Brian Shiratsuki <bks@xxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Jun 15, 2008 8:02 PM
>>To: Fulcrums of Change <fulcrumsofchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Cc: PACIFICA NATIONAL BOARD <pnb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, KPFA PC and PC Zombies
>>List <kpfapc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, kpfalsb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: Re: [Fulcrumsofchange] It says "Arts Director" instead of
>>"Artistic Director." I'm sorry about the discrepancy.
>>
>>terry goodman wrote:
>>> kevin white wrote:
>>>> Is it worth cutting back FSRN for this?
>>>
>>>
>>> ...It's a false dichotomy. The only thing worth cutting back FSRN
>>> would be getting better news cheaper. That the BBC World Service and
>>> Al Jazera are probably available to Pacifica for free puts the FSRN
>>> question in a more legitimate context
>>
>>in KPFA land, KALW (which nicole sawaya ran not so long ago) carries
>>BBC overnight, from 3 - 4 pm, from 5 - 6 pm, and in a few other
>>spots. as for al jazeera, do they have a program intended to work
>>audio-only, as opposed to with video?
>>
>>> than targeting various specific Pacifica employees for potential
>>> severance, which is a valid but separate deliberative exercise.
>>
>>FSRN, since it provides a headlines package, almost delivers a
>>superset of what the national news director delivers. that pacifica
>>lacks adequate funds to full support FSRN and a national news director
>>of its own forms a dichotomy of sorts. FSRN appears to make only one
>>headlines set per day rather than four, with the complication of an
>>irregular length. FSRN has reporters on the ground all over the
>>world, while apparently the national news director collects most of
>>the headline news stories from her office:
>>
>>(guma's blog):
>>
>>> ...Ensconced in a corner office, one of the few relatively private
>>> spaces at the station, Verna Avery Brown required special attention.
>>> Her current job title was DC Bureau Chief, but there were no other
>>> members of the âbureauâ except a few journalists who filled in when
>>> Verna was ill or on vacation. Her days revolved around developing
>>> five minute news breaks known as Headline News. Each installment
>>> consisted of a few stories, most rewritten from other sources.
>>> Sometimes she included audio excerpts from Democracy Now! Rarely did
>>> she leave the building to attend a news event or develop a story on
>>> her own. She also hosted a local weekly show and, if a topic sparked
>>> her interest, occasionally produced or hosted special broadcasts...
>>>
>>> ...it was impossible to ignore that in certain quarters she was
>>> considered an overpaid lightweight. As deputy director, she had
>>> received the third highest salary in the organization. When Coughlin
>>> took the main office to Berkeley and changed her title, heâd avoided
>>> conflict by leaving her pay the same. Some members of the national
>>> staff with equivalent or even more demanding jobs were getting
>>> almost $30,000 less and knew it.
>>>
>>> Compounding the problem, her daily news briefs werenât carried by
>>> all sister stations, or aired only occasionally during the day.
>>> Verna claimed the service was popular with affiliate stations, but
>>> it wasnât clear how many carried it, or how often. Pacifica die-
>>> hards also complained that the content, despite her professional
>>> voice, wasnât fresh or compelling, and that some days â without
>>> notice â Headline News simply wouldnât be distributed...
>>
>><http://muckraker-gg.blogspot.com/2008/06/pacifica-radio-mixed-messages-at-wpfw.html
>> >
>>
>>--
>>
>>brian
>>
>>
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