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http://www.pigdog.org/auto/jabber_streams_Art_Bell_Intimidates_Montana_Service_Provider_.html
Art Bell Intimidates Montana Service Provider?
1999-07-18 20:34:27
By El Snatcher
Jabber Streams
Earth Changes TV is accusing talk show host Art Bell of
intimidating Montana service provider Big Sky Network
Technologies (bigsky.net) into canceling the account of one of
his most vocal critics. This has allegedly been going on during
Art's sympathetic coverage of the protest of the management
takeover of free speech radio station KPFA in Berkeley. Is Art a
big hypocrite?
The account that was canceled belonged to one of Art's most
acerbic critics, Robert A. M. Stephens, who is famous for
quipping at Art, and calling him names in posts to underground
Web bulletin boards. Stephens is also the subject of a
multi-million dollar defamation of character lawsuit filed by
Art.
According to Mitch Battros, Producer of Earth Changes TV, a major
reason that Big Sky deleted Stephens' account was the fear that
Art would order his webmaster, Keith Rowland, to "mail bomb"
them. As another form of pressure, Art's webmaster allegedly
blocked Big Sky customers from accessing Art's popular Web site.
Art's Web site (www.artbell.com) is one of the top 100 visited
sites on the Internet, and many of Big Sky's customers would
surely have phoned customer service to complain about not having
access to it. That could have been a major headache for Big Sky's
support staff.
If Art is attacking his critics in this way, it seems
hypocritical in light of his heavy coverage of the the recent
protests against radio station KPFA's management, Pacifica.
Founded by pacifists after WWII, KPFA has been a sanctuary for
alternative viewpoints, and a stronghold of free speech.
Recently, KPFA's management has taken to firing members of the
KPFA staff who criticize upper management on the air, prompting
the protests.
In a show last week, Art compared himself to KPFA, saying that he
and KPFA are "beacons of freedom."
Although Art denies pressuring service providers into dropping
accounts, there have been many claims that Art has done so. The
author of "The Mighty Tasty Art Bell Parody Pages" claims he was
forced to move his Web site several times because Art kept having
his accounts terminated. He even says that the ACLU has pledged
to represent him in court if Art forces him to move again.
Stephens also claims that Art ran him off of other local Montana
service providers.
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