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a point? As was pointed out weeks ago, the newsperson never worked for VOA.
Like other stringers and reporters, including others who’ve come through
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and rebroadcast, usually with some payment to the originator of the story.
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other news service. Tell me, was it that 2009 story “Plants as Important
in Space as on Earth” that was a clear example of subversive reporting
picked up by VOA? Or maybe it was “Rainforest Research Yields Promising
Medicines and Creates Jobs” that upset you. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You have become so petty and unjust in
your rants that you’d rather smear someone than offer an honest critique.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org [mailto:kzyxtalk-bounces@lists.mcn.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>sako4@comcast.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, February 20, 2014
12:42 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Kzyxtalk] Budgets
& news</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I tried being a stringer for Paul
Lambert. No go. I was made to feel like I was twisting his arm on covering the
meetings of the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors (BOS). Lambert blew a
perfect opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It made perfect sense for me to file
stories on the BOS, because, at that time -- 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 -- I was
the member of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Grand</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Jury</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mendocino</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> assigned to
attended all BOS meetings and file reports with the entire Grand Jury on BOS
business. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">County</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Counsel</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> reviewed my final reports. They
were factual, vetted, relevant.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>It felt like a hard sell trying to get
Lambert to run my stories, so I gave up.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I would remind readers on this listserv
that my news instincts are fairly decent. Not only do I do my bi-weekly show,
but I regularly filed stories with David Brooksher, and before Brooksher, with
Paul Hanson. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>For a few years after the financial crash
of 2008, Hanson had me on the air 2-3 times a week, and sometimes more. That
was back when "Community News" was an hour-long. Brooksher ran my
stories about once every two weeks.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>And now? And now we have two talking
heads read press releases or excerpts from the <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Ukiah
Daily Journal</span></i> for ten minutes. And these talking heads? One is a
friend of Coate. The other is a friend of Board member, Holly Madrigal. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Neither one of these two part-time news
jobs were posted or advertised. The hiring process was an inside job all the
way.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The final insult? One of these two
part-time news reporters once worked for the Voice of America (VOA). Many
critics of the VOA regard it to be a mouthpiece for both the U.S. Department of
State and the CIA. The VOA broadcasts its propaganda in most of the developing
world, and their signal regularly drowns out local broadcasts. The VOA will
even jam local broadcasts that they regard as being particularly unfavorable to
the American point of view. They do this all the time in <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuba</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Does KZYX really want someone who worked
for the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region>
propaganda machine to be working for us?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Were we even asked?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I know for certain that the Board wasn't
asked. Coate runs the show. The Board has ceded all authority to him.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold'>From: </span></font></b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>"doug
mckenty" <dougmck@gmail.com><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To: </span></b>pkovner@yahoo.com,
kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent: </span></b>Thursday, February 20, 2014
12:14:20 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject: </span></b>Re: [Kzyxtalk] Budgets
& news<br>
<br>
According to David Brookshire, with whom I recently spoke, KMUD
recently doubled the amount of money it spends on the news department including
$10,000 set aside to pay for community stringers. They have also recently
expanded to digital radio. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I advocated for some time that KZYX look
to this successful model for inspiration but was told by management that KMUD
represented a niche market and a station like that would only work in Humbolt.
While I was advocating this, KMUD encountered a hiccup in its financing
when it had to sell a property for much less than it's budgeted value. As
a result they went about 40k in debt. Management sent me the article
about this as if to prove KMUD was just as insolvent as KZYX. KMUD
instantly had an on air board access program to explain the situation and
apologize. They then held one special pledge drive that made up for the
40k debt and they were back in black.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>At the board meeting where we approved
the budget eliminating the news department, which I voted against, Annie
Esposito explained the success of KMUD without NPR. Her pleas fell on
deaf ears.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Doug <br>
<br>
On Thursday, February 20, 2014, Patricia Kovner <<a
href="mailto:pkovner@yahoo.com" target="_blank">pkovner@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Thanks for that info. I don't know
what you mean by restricted income for NPR at KMUD, as they don't have NPR.
They do, however, have many reporters contributing to their news show,
but I don't know who is paid or how much. I bet some of them are
volunteers.<br>
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On Thu, 2/20/14, Tim Bray <<a href="about:blank" target="_blank">tbray@wildblue.net</a>>
wrote:<br>
<br>
Subject: Budgets & news<br>
To: <a href="about:blank" target="_blank">pkovner@yahoo.com</a>, <a
href="about:blank" target="_blank">kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org</a><br>
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014, 10:07 AM<br>
<br>
<br>
According to<br>
the financial reports,<br>
KMUD has a slightly larger income than KZYX.
Looking<br>
at the 2012<br>
Annual figures (available on each station's<br>
Website), KMUD<br>
received $562K and KZYX received $521K. Those<br>
figures are for<br>
"Unrestricted" income; KMUD had an<br>
additional $147K of "Restricted<br>
Income" which is tied by the donor to a
specific<br>
use. I can't<br>
quite find what all of that is supposed to be<br>
earmarked for, but a<br>
chunk of it is CPB grants and direct contributions<br>
restricted to<br>
NPR programming.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
KMUD does not have a full hour of local news, it is
a<br>
half-hour<br>
program.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
I don't think there is a single, simple reason why<br>
KZYX could not<br>
sustain a 50-minute local news program. (It
was<br>
never quite a<br>
full hour.) It takes a lot of effort to
produce that<br>
much news,<br>
more than one full-time newsperson, and so the<br>
budgetary<br>
restriction is a big part of it. It
isn't a<br>
simple matter of<br>
trading 28 hours/week of NPR for 5 hours/week of
local<br>
news.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Tim Bray<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2/19/2014 3:07 PM, Patricia Kovner wrote:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Is the reason KZYX no longer has a full news<br>
hour, because NPR programming has priority and there is not<br>
enough $$ for both? I'd like to know how KMUD budgets<br>
it's much smaller income to expand its already full news<br>
hour, with several reporters, and no NPR.<br>
<br>
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