{"article":{"id":1655,"heading":"The IMC resoloutions re: censorship at KPFK\/Pacifica","author":"IMC Los Angeles","created":"2000-08-17 14:08:27","modified":"2005-08-15 00:23:21","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:23:21","article":"<p>IMC Resolution Re: KPFK\/Pacifica\r\n\r\n\r\n<i>Here\r\nare the 2 Resolutions which IMC-LA (Independent Media Center) has passed\r\nre Pacifica:<\/i><i><\/i>\r\n\r\n<\/p><p><b>RESOLUTION<\/b>\r\n<\/p><p>IMC -- Independent\r\nMedia Center Relationship with KPFK\r\n\r\n<\/p><p>Whereas KPFK Los\r\nAngeles is a community radio station whose mission commits it to community\r\ninvolvement, free speech and an airing of a broad spectrum of opinion\r\n<\/p><p>And&nbsp;<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>Whereas the station,\r\nalong with management of the Pacifica network has strayed far from that\r\nmission by:\r\n<\/p><ul>\r\n<li>\r\nPracticing\r\nCensorship<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\nExercising\r\nAutocratic Managerial Control<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\nDemonstrating\r\na lack of accountability to the community<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\nAttempting to coerce\r\nprogrammers to sign the \"Y2k Compliant\" Agreement that makes all volunteer\r\nwork the property of the station<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\nDismantling its training\r\nprogram that provided access to radio skills for women and people of color.<\/li>\r\n\r\n<li>\r\nPracticing\r\nunion busting.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nTherefore, be it resolved\r\nthat we, of the IMC LA, condemn the above regressive policies and practices\r\nthat are antithetical to Pacifica's own mission statement. We demand that\r\nKPFK recommit itself to its own mission statement to become a truly independent,\r\nalternative media outlet accessible to all communities in Los Angeles.\r\nBe it further resolved that the IMC-LA will not share space, equipment,\r\nprogramming, analysts or recorded sound unless and until KPFK\r\n<ul>A. Renounces the\r\ngag rule.\r\n<br>B. The station establishes\r\nmechanisms for meaningful participation\r\n<br>of stakeholders\r\n(subscribers, volunteers, etc.) in decision-making processes.\r\n<br>C. Agrees to cease\r\nretaliation against staff and volunteer who speak out on aspects of the\r\ncurrent crisis\r\n<br>D. Withdraw its\r\ndemand that all volunteer work produced at the station become the sole\r\nproperty of KPFK, as specified in the Y2K Compliant Agreement.<\/ul>\r\nThis is not to be interpreted\r\nto mean that KPFK volunteers cannot participate in the IMC.\r\n\r\n<p><b>=======================<\/b>\r\n<\/p><p><b>RESOLUTION<\/b>\r\n<\/p><p>IMC (Independent\r\nMedia Center) Denies Press Credentials&nbsp;<br>\r\nTo Pacifica Network News (PNN) Reporters and Staff\r\n\r\n<\/p><p>The consensus of\r\nIMC members is that the IMC will not credential PNN reporters nor freelance\r\nreporters nor any person who attempts to file for PNN, nor give interviews\r\nto PNN, nor allow PNN to use material created by the IMC.\r\n<\/p><p>The\r\n\"reassignment\" of PNN News Director Dan Coughlin has caused much controversy.\r\nPNN has compromised its journalistic integrity by acts of censorship. There\r\nis an ongoing strike\r\nby Pacifica stringers and freelancers, and we need to be in solidarity\r\nwith them.\r\n<\/p><p>Since the\r\ncrisis last spring, when armed guards were called in to lock out staff\r\nat KPFA, Pacifica reporters say management has subjected journalists, contributors\r\nand independent producers to repeated acts of alteration, suppression and\r\ncensorship of news stories and public-affairs programming, which they say\r\nare of vital interest to the listeners of Pacifica and the broader communities\r\nit serves.\r\n<\/p><p>Furthermore, since\r\nthe IMC strives to combat censorship and corporate control of the media,\r\nand Pacifica management has failed to address our concerns regarding these\r\nissues, there are some who consider contributing to Pacifica Network News\r\nin any way to be incompatible with their journalistic ethos.\r\n<\/p><p>The Pacifica stringers\r\nstrike has received endorsements from the \"Democracy Now\" AFTRA Bargaining\r\nUnit (David Love), Aileen Alfandary (KPFA News Co-Director), WBAI\/UE Local\r\n404, Pacifica Affiliates KCSB (which has suspended PNN broadcasts) and\r\nKFCF, L.A. County Federation of Labor, Noam Chomsky, Ben Bagdikian, Medea\r\nBenjamin, Michael Parenti, Alice Walker, Mike Davis, Barbara Ehrenreich,\r\nNorm Solomon, Daniel Ellsberg, and over 100 other scholars, academics and\r\norganizations.\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/html","summary":"@ resolutions passed by IMC Los Angeles regarding censorship at KPFK\/Pacifica Radio and support for\r\nthe PNN stringes strike. A similar resolution of non-cooperation was passed by IMC DC during the IMF\/World Bank protests.","numcomment":1,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2000\/08\/imc_resolution.html","filesize":"7.1 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2000\/08\/1655.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":1730,"heading":"laindependent media center censors their own","article":"then la independent media enter censors 'silencing dissent', the piece miki & willie were openly working on for months (besides all the other hard work they've done for la independent media center) because the group that took editorial control only recently are all such renowned experts in aids research. ","author":"*","parent_id":1655,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2000-08-17 16:53:55","modified":"2000-08-17 17:07:39","fileurl":""}]}