tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post8410605017003960389..comments2023-09-08T12:08:39.523-04:00Comments on WBAI: Is it Summer time again?Chris Albertsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-19324508546882954512014-03-20T21:31:44.484-04:002014-03-20T21:31:44.484-04:00I would disagree with you about Democracy NOw. Amy...I would disagree with you about Democracy NOw. Amy Goodman programming when she covers environment is great yes and also issues around prisons yes I would say she is progressive. But I don't feel that way when she covers foreign affairs. She often sounds like CNN to me or MSNBC. Which I believe is because she is taking funding from some right wing foundations that promote war. Also I remind you that it was the phony coop of 2000<br />that instituted the board governership and elections which has helped to bankrupt pacifica. And that coop was helped and orchestrated by a large part Any Goodman and Bernard White.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-18138519194748110562014-03-17T22:10:11.554-04:002014-03-17T22:10:11.554-04:00Except for KPFT where there is appropriate and acc...Except for KPFT where there is appropriate and accountable leadership, Pacifica and its stations have become little more than a bunch of dysfunctional clubs, people talking only to themselves and organizing in concentric circular firing squads. <br /><br />Except for Democracy Now -- which is an independent production distributed by Pacifica -- the organization no longer moves the meter in the progressive movement or in the communities it serves. It is an organization mostly governed by grudge-bearers and bedwetters. <br /><br />Watch a whole new level of fighting erupt when there's a ton of cash sloshing around after a bankruptcy judge forces the sale of NYC's 99.5 FM. <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-42900178571420763482014-03-17T20:32:02.945-04:002014-03-17T20:32:02.945-04:00That delinquent severance check should have been r...That delinquent severance check should have been rushed to the former employees. Reimers and co. haven't wasted any time making the announcement. <br /><br />I still would like to know what happened to the Apple products raffles...did the station ever acquire the products...were there actual winners? Was it just pushed under the rug, like so many other things?<br /><br />I agree that there are so many conflicting, yet plausible stories and accusations going around that listener-supporters would do well to abstain at this time. Money has been known to evaporate as readily as the best of intentions.Chris Albertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056345320709233401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-11362944999162408792014-03-17T20:21:31.041-04:002014-03-17T20:21:31.041-04:00Good point about transparency.
While my gut tells ...Good point about transparency.<br />While my gut tells me Reese's performance is more a result of inexperience/incompetence than maleficence it's impossible to have more than a "hunch". And the opposition can make their case sound OK too.<br />So I as a listener/potential supporter is left to assume they're both crooks and anything I donate is likely to be wasted/stolen.<br />(As far as I know Sidney and the other ex-WBAI employees still haven't received their severance even though the funds were supposedly sent to Pacifica...) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-87646021635587530442014-03-17T18:39:36.115-04:002014-03-17T18:39:36.115-04:00Funny, how that sociopathic, manipulative, windbag...Funny, how that sociopathic, manipulative, windbag won't take no for an answer! A rat in the grain elevator! A cockroach in the dry cereal box! What does Pacifica have to offer, that is worth so much more than her 105K/yr salary, that she can sue for it's full three years worth under wrongful termination of a contract? But what do you expect from someone, who used to participate in a tax avoidance scam, that pandered to the self-serving extremists and con men, who do not abide by our system of laws, or by any rules for that matter (so-called sovereign citizen movement). What do Pacifica listener supporters have, that folks like Summer Reese and Gary Null are willing to forgo their pride and their self-respect, their honesty and sense of honor, that they will fight for their spot in Pacifica the way swine fight for the slot in the feeding through! Could it be for the power to grant access to the audience of the Pacifica listener-supporters those retired people, mostly urban teachers and social workers, who keep shelling out their pension funds, of which they never have enough of, for the inflated premiums of doubtful validity that BAI/Pacifica markets? Could it be the power to offer up Pacifica listener-sponsors to snake oil salesmen?<br /><br />Reese keeps insisting on keeping internal politics secret, so as to hide all the potential corruption and conflict of interests, but it is like I always say - the less you tell me about yourself, when I am talking to you, the worse I assume about you. If you tell me a lie, I assume that you do it for the worst possible motive, until I can determine otherwise. If there was GLASTNOST, or transparency, at the BAI/Pacifica, I could give credit where it's due, and maybe even respect Reese for decisions that she makes, but in the absence of it, I can only assume that Reese is the opportunist of the worst sort.<br /> Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486287910626602438.post-53538257971969613302014-03-17T15:25:28.853-04:002014-03-17T15:25:28.853-04:00Like was said some time ago - there are two factio...Like was said some time ago - there are two factions, bad and worse. Anyway now, having figured out how to work the Sirius radio in my car, I find that I'm listening to BAI a lot less now, and I can get KCR and NYC (not great but at least proffesional sounding) on my portable radio so why should I listen to endless Null / Blosdale infomercials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com