For those of you who haven't heard it yet, KPFK, the Los Angeles Pacifica affiliate, is broadcasting the following message. I've heard it read by both Beto Arcos and Marc Cooper.

The message, and the website the message suggests people surf to are both filled with half truths, most of which imply that the present Pacifica board is responsible for the station's financial troubles and current line up.

Here is the message and an analysis.



















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Here's another web address from the Ominous Valve Works that discusses KPFK's vile announcement.

Enjoy.

Alex

This is the letter I sent off to the friendsofkpfk@yahoo.com address today, in response to what they posted on their website.

Dear Friends of KPFK,

This morning I finally made good on my pledge from the last fund drive to pay $100 without gifts or premiums, dependent upon the return of Democracy Now broadcasting on KPFK's airwaves. Rumor urged me to call the station today and I learned that you are indeed broadcasting Democracy Now at the 6 a.m. slot. Unfortunately that's not radio time for me. I made the payment today via credit card in spite of the fact that your end of the commitment was only halfway fulfilled. Please return Democracy Now to the 9 a.m. time slot so that I can listen to Amy Goodman. It is one of the best news shows anywhere, and certainly the best that KPFK currently has to offer.

I would also like to suggest that you stop airing that bogus cart about the Pacifica Network Board, which blames the current interim Board for every corrupt action that the previous board actually committed. A Board which you all must well know has enjoyed the full and consistent support of Mr. Schubb and Mr. Cooper during the Board's corporate raiding attempts. I shouldn't be shocked to hear the Marc(k)s Brothers' twisted version of the Pacifica debacle, yet it amazed me that Mr. Cooper felt such immunity to responsible journalism when he had Dave Fertig on his show this past Monday. His behavior seemed painfully erratic. His refusal to allow Mr. Fertig to complete even one full sentence during the show suggested to me that Mr. Cooper just might be overwhelmed by a confrontation with different sets of "facts" than those which he himself was operating with.

I must say that I would welcome a limited amount of time to hear some reporting on what is happening with the new Board and recommendations for management in the coming year. It might be a good idea to have a monthly "Pacifica Update" spot so we all have a forum for finding out what's going on throughout the network. We are a listener-sponsored radio station, and full disclosure would be a welcome change from the gag-rule silence we have been subjected to over the past few years. Only a select few have been permitted to tell their narrow views on special occasions. If we had all enjoyed some access to multiple perspectives on this fairly serious crisis, we may have been able to effectively act outside of a courtroom and there might be more money in the Pacifica and KPFK bank accounts right now.

The jig is up you guys. Misinformation and misrepresentation was the policy of the old Board. Why don't you settle down and try working with the future of KPFK instead of tearing your fingers trying to hold onto the sinking ship. The game has changed, and hopefully we will be able to iron out some of the harsher realities and build something better. The way you have been running KPFK, by accepting the old Pacifica Board's censorship and supporting the horrendous injustices committed by the old Board against good people in WBAI and KPFA, will no longer work. It has really pissed me off these many months that you lied about Democracy Now and refused to air it, and occasionally would air the most vile nonsense about the "dissident" campaign (I'm proud to be a dissident, I think Lew Hill would appreciate that label) and the efforts to stop the old Board in their malfeasance. Mr. Cooper would like to claim "fiercely independent" the way the Republicans have claimed "family values," but listen up folks, it ain't happening. We aren't some weird outsiders, we're your kin, like it or not. We gotta sit at the same table and eat crow if we're gonna make KPFK work.

See y'all at suppertime.

Janette M. Bramlett

Santa Monica, CA

A funny parody at:

http://www.fiendsofkpfk.org/

Also check out:

http://home.att.net/~hugh2you/pathetica/pathetica.html