These are the same complaints over the last 4-6 years I get from people who've supported their stations in Berkley and New York.
NPR is now known a National Propaganda Radio. That progression was accomplished in GWB's first term. Corporate funding for our public voices has brought it to the same place our Universities are having troubles with, speak out and the Big Money, who these radio stations and universities can't operate without out due to the consistent cutting of OUR tax dollars to OUR Media and educational facilities, gets the Corporate donors stating, 'if you say that, then I'll not give any more funding, how are you going to make payroll then?', does that explain why there is so much jack in the box science denouncing global warming? It was the same thing the Military Industrial Complex did in the early 1970's. They were not allowed to own a majority of any radio or news paper, so they bought up controlling interests in 'the advertisers'. All Breakfast cereals and home products companies are not either out right owned by the MIC, or controlled to the point that they would cut off advertising for 30 days, would bankrupt any news outlet.... but of course the International Bankers had made sure they owned via loans, the news outlets before the MIC got into this more then lucrative deal. You and I are now forced to pay with our tax dollars, for the bilge we wanted alternative media for. There is a Right and Left media these days, the left if far right, and the right is extremely fascist right. Scott > Since you evidently didn't read my message, past the title, these are my > main complaints: > > 1) Unique and diverse programs have been made hard to find or have been > truncated > 2) The fund drive strategy is backfiring, because the aforementioned > unique and diverse programs are routinely cancelled and the schedule is > completely and wholly given over to junk (including junk science) that I > don't want to hear > 3) Why should we support an "alternative" station that puts on the air > those same 1% media voices that we tuned in to KPFK to get away from in > the first place?? > > There now, is that clear enough for you? > > --- On Mon, 12/26/11, Jerry Rubin <jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > From: Jerry Rubin <jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net> > Subject: Re: [actionla] KPFK Programming Stinks! > To: freepaclf...@yahoo.com > Cc: actio...@lists.riseup.net, "LAAMN" <la...@egroups.com>, > peacecen...@yahoogroups.com, laamn@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, December 26, 2011, 10:35 PM > > Don't fully understand exactly what the entire complaint is > since there are so many great and diverse progressive > programs on KPFK all week long. > And fundraising is a REAL necessity. > We need to support KPFK and Pacifica fully. > Jerry Rubin > On Dec 26, 2011, at 5:07 PM, Tom Louie wrote: > >> I just listened to today's edition of Deadline L.A. The commentators >> were, respectively, writers for the L.A. Times and the Daily News, >> pontificating about the biggest local stories of 2011. In just one >> hour, they managed to insult not only all politically active Angelenos >> but the very city they live in, in at least half-a-dozen ways: from >> praising LAUSD Superintendent John "The Contract Slicer" Deasy, to >> smugly asserting that only "fringe-y people" were opposed to the stadium >> project because anything that brings jobs is good, to snarking "Occupy >> L.A., did that amount to a hill of beans?" >> >> They further demonstrated their shallowness by putting the Occupy >> movement completely in the context of media coverage, without attempting >> to examine the underlying reasons for the Occupy movement. Their comments >> on the contrast between the City Council's resolution of support and the >> later forced removal and brutalization of the Occupiers came down to >> this: "That's why I love L.A.!" It's all just a spectator sport to these >> media whores. This exchange perfectly demonstrates why it is necessary >> to "occupy" the mainstream media as well. And by the way, isn't KPFK >> supposed to provide an alternative to the Times and the Daily News?? Why >> are these superficial clowns on the people's radio station? And since >> when did snarkiness equal intelligent commentary? >> >> This is a perfect example of why I only listen to KPFK on weekends, and >> maybe not for very much longer. As a teacher, I like to listen to Uncle >> Ruthie's Halfway Down The Stairs, the ONLY children's show on the >> station; as a devotee of folk music, I like to wake up early to hear >> Alive and Pickin', whose host is apparently quitting; and as a science >> buff, I like to hear Michio Kaku's Explorations, the ONLY general science >> program on the station, which has been moved and rescheduled to the point >> where no one can find it anymore. Most of these programs are knocked off >> the air during fund drives, so that we can hear 24-7 broadcasting about >> cancer cures. >> >> I think this fund drive programming strategy is backfiring, because I >> never listen during fund drives anymore, and never subscribe except in >> the name of Uncle Ruthie's show. 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