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by Lalo
Tuesday, Mar. 17, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Right-wing material is creeping into KPFK programming. Why?
This past Tuesday (March 10, 2009), on Freedom Now, host Dedon Kamathi was discussing the arrest warrant issued for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir and how the media skews perception of the situation in Darfur. Following an interview with Cynthia McKinney, he brought on "expert" Lawrence Freeman of Executive Intelligence Review magazine.
Executive Intelligence Review is an organ of the Lyndon LaRouche political cult. LaRouche is a conspiracy theorist who preys on young, intelligent activists to fuel his machine. He is an opportunist at heart, and while he claims to represent "liberal" ideals, he has collaborated with known racists--anything to get some power.
Freeman spouted a lot of typical, convoluted, guilt-by-association LaRouchie rhetoric. For example, Freeman "informs" us that George Soros, a British agent and oligarchical puppetmaster allied with the HG Wells/Bertrand Russell faction for world domination, is behind the arrest warrant.
While Freeman did not attempt to hide his affiliation, Dedon made no disclaimer about the man, his organization, or its leader. Why not, Dedon?
Listen: http://64.27.15.184/parchive/pls.php?mp3fil=19483 or download: http://64.27.15.184/parchive/mp3/kpfk_090310_200200freedomnow.mp3
Interview begins at about the 33-minute mark.
The next day, (Wednesday, March 11, 2009) Christine Blosdale was hosting Beneath the Surface while Roseanne Barr and Johnny Argent were on vacation in Hawai'i. Toward the end of the program, Blosdale announced a film screening hosted by what she termed as "the good folks at We Are Change."
Following a discussion of genetically-modified foods, she nonchalantly announced, "Oh! I almost forgot! Listen you guys, if you're interested in food, and in particular, genetically-modified food, there is gonna be a screening of The Future of Food Friday March 20th at seven pm at the Hollywood United Methodist Church at Franklin and Highland and if you want more information about that, you can go to kpfk.org, look at our calendar, its listed on there [...] the good folks at We Are Change-LA are presenting that, its an incredible film, it will change the way you look at food, trust me."
We Are Change is a "9/11 truth" organization which, while ostensibly non-partisan, has a lot of conspiracy stuff about the "New World Order," the Bilderbergs, and relies heavily on Alex Jones, NewsMax, and Fox News for its "news items." They are big on the "North American Union," too, a theory popular among the anti-immigrant crowd that holds that the US is merging with Mexico and Canada, sullying the "white identity" of the US.
So why is Christine pushing this group on the air?
Listen: http://64.27.15.184/parchive/pls.php?mp3fil=19504 or download: http://64.27.15.184/parchive/mp3/kpfk_090311_170223bts_roseanne.mp3
Just past the 45-five minute mark (at 45:25).
And this morning, (Monday, March 16, 2009) Lila Garrett, who normally just shills for the Democrats, has now become a spokesperson for the anti-Federal Reserve "tax honesty" movement. She interviewed Ed Griffin, a close friend of the ultra-right wing politician Ron Paul, about his analysis of the Fed.
This movement is overwhelmingly made up of upper-class whites who simply don't want to pay their taxes. They are probably concerned that some of it might be spent on social services for the poor and people of color. And once again, this "movement" is deeply connected to the nativist movement (see the end of Aaron Russo's America: From Freedom to Fascism), as well as the "New World Order" crowd and "Christian Patriots" like Tim McVeigh.
Listen: http://64.27.15.184/parchive/pls.php?mp3fil=19592 or download: http://64.27.15.184/parchive/mp3/kpfk_090316_070200ctd.mp3
(Interview begins the show)
I don't doubt that the media is presenting a skewed view of the situation in Darfur. And we do need to be concerned about the safety of our food, especially as it regards genetic modification. And of course, we do need a major restructuring of our financial institutions.
But we do not need to have these right-wing voices, with their RFI-implantation mark-of-the-beast paranoias and their xenophobic tendencies on what is supposed to be OUR radio station, a voice for peace, understanding, and the political left.
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by mous
Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2009 at 2:03 AM
This city just isn't very intellectual, and KPFK is reflective of this. It's not our fault, though -- we've lacked quality bookstores. One of the better ones was Midnight Special, but even that one was mediocre compared to your average bookstore in San Francisco or Berkeley.
Additionally, the folks at KPFK have many different motivations for being there, but a good number seem to be interested in a career in radio. Most people in broadcast in LA, or anywhere, aren't intellectuals. They don't read. They don't have a sense of politics because they haven't been political.
The progressive scene is very intellectual, and they seek to influence KPFK, but, until more of them get on the air, or get involved in production, the things at KPFK won't change. Their desires are in competition with other aims, like careers in radio, anti-intellectual tendencies, and lack of experience and education.
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by amazed KPFK listener
Wednesday, Mar. 18, 2009 at 6:17 PM
[note the clumping together of paragraphs above was not as it was written...here is clearer correcter reading of same material below now]
"the main posting CLAIMS to tell everyone else what KPFK is suppose to ONLY be about ? huh? Who gave Lalo that authority ?
quoted from above:
"But *we do not need *to have these right-wing voices, with their RFI-implantation mark-of-the-beast paranoias and their xenophobic tendencies on *what is supposed to be OUR radio station*, a voice for peace, understanding, and *the political left*."
[note the * =to emphasize phrases of assumed dictator of what KPFK is "suppose" to be and limited only to his views.]
How easy to criticize those who we dont agree with or who scare us that they are On Air while we may not have that voice. Blame anyone who has a different point of view and claim righteously that They Do Not Have Any Right ...to what ?
be mentioned ?
be interviewed ?
be heard on KPFK because it is limited to only 1 biased view ?
what is freedom of thinking and reporting about ?
only those who claim they want more and are of course "the oppressed", with righteous claims of all victims for revenge and usurpation of whatever they think they did not get the prior round ?
Who are those who claimed to be oppressed when they have authority and become in some form or other just as oppressive to others? common...check out all those governments of nation-states that commit "atrocities" as many in Africa, as in in some Latin America, as in the US of A too ...but of course, always denied.
Good PR and image-making to cover up taking-over in the very same ways for very same reasons.
[ the extreme reversal of roles is easiest and most dangerous too ].
and the above commentator "mous" is superiorly describing 'everyone else' of course, as ...quote
" Most people in broadcast in LA, or anywhere, aren't intellectuals. They don't read. They don't have a sense of politics because they haven't been political"..."lack of experience and education"
How stupid must everyone else here must be including the readers of those words, huh ? ... but surely not the writers and speakers [see above] in their high positions as legitimate [?] critics.
Yes, these are their impressions and their dislikes, but they have not given any credance to their statements in their trying to be more Expert, more Educated, more Righteous, more anything than those whom they enjoy disdaining. Climbing on the KPFK programers' back to claim higher [and righter] status just doesnt happen like this.
criticize all you want, be specific about what is in error or what it is you personally DISAGREE or YOU do not like...but the put-downs are meant to be malicious, demeaning and less to inform the rest of us.
Yes, give us your opinions, and let us all disagree to disagree without all the intentional disdaining comments to or about those YOU DONT HAPPEN TO LIKE for your own personal reasons.
Such experts ! Such Superior beings ! are we suppose to be mean and berating in order to validate our positions too ?
no way.
that links were provided to listen in on what is disagreed with is a good action to validate it was said, not that it should NOT have been said on air tho.
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by by amazed KPFK listene
Friday, Mar. 20, 2009 at 3:40 AM
correct title for above comment was omitted...sorry
this was it.
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