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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am I missing something?<br>
Why do you post copies of messages that have already been posted
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Don't we get enough emails as it is?<br>
Respectfully,<br>
Kelly Grimes<br>
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On 2/22/2014 8:45 AM, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nsi@mcn.org">nsi@mcn.org</a> wrote:<br>
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"doug mckenty" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dougmck@gmail.com"><dougmck@gmail.com></a></div>
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<div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tbray@wildblue.net">"tbray@wildblue.net"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tbray@wildblue.net"><tbray@wildblue.net></a>,
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org">"kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org"</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org"><kzyxtalk@lists.mcn.org></a><br>
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Fri, 21 Feb 2014 22:38:58 -0800<br>
<div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>
Re: [Kzyxtalk] Replacing Media Matters<br>
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Tim,
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<div>I often find it strange when I hear the words coming out of
the mouths of those who advocate for current station policy
that have often come out of my own mouth when advocating for
change. With all due respect, who is trying to force their
views on anyone? Coate is a lefty politically, but he has
chosen to program KZYX to cater to the center left and those
who adhere to a worldview that is portrayed by NPR He has
taken a conservative tact believing it to be the right course
of action in steering KZYX to financial stability. I believe
he has made a mistake by excluding all those who are not
center left, which surveys show to be at least half the
population. </div>
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<div>All of those advocating for change are looking for a
station that reflects the diversity of our community.</div>
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<div>I also believe Coate's management style to be conservative
when he attempts to control the local news to the point of
reducing it to next to nothing and eliminating all
controversial topics. I feel it is also conservative to
eliminate community input by ignoring, then suspending Open
Lines, or placing barriers in the way of board members trying
to establish a board access program or not helping facilitate
the CAB or not implementing the PAC. </div>
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<div>I would also call it conservative for Coate to instruct
local programmers to cover local news rather than produce
local news programs himself. Local programmers should be
treated as independant contractors. If their program
description is approved by the PAC then management has no
right to interfere with their production. I feel this
attempted control to be just plain rude. </div>
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<div>When I have brought these thing up, nothing is done. Jeff
Blankfort's show and Corporations and Democracy are used as
the example that the far left should be satisfied and the rest
of us are just a "small but vocal minority." What about a
conspiracy theory show or a libertarian show or a Native
American show or a communist show or a Green Party show or a
.....(fill in the blank). I don't believe that advocating for
diversity in programming and freedom of speech for all members
of our community, including minority voices, is extremist. I
believe that is what public radio should be all about. </div>
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<div>How is current programming helping anybody understand the
issues from all sides?</div>
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<div>I cannot agree with you more than when you say no one has a
monopoly on truth. That includes station staff. This is why
I advocate for the implementation of the Program Advisory
Committee designed to create a group of people from a cross
section of our community working together making programming
choices with consensus. </div>
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<div>Doug Mckenty</div>
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On Friday, February 21, 2014, Tim Bray <<a
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<div>John Coate is on the extreme right, in exactly the
same way that Barack Obama is on the extreme left: it
only looks that way if you are an extremist yourself.<br>
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It would be funny, if it weren't so tragic. This
divisive and personal campaign against station staff is
reducing the opportunities for real change, and making
enemies of people who should be making common cause.<br>
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John is a lefty himself, but he believes public radio
should help people understand issues from all sides,
educating and informing so people can make rational
decisions, rather than simply reflecting their beliefs
back to them. For this, he is castigated as a traitor
to "the cause" by those who want this station to echo
their own political agendas. He is also maybe a little
more humble about his beliefs than those of you who seek
to force their views on everyone else.<br>
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We have a really diverse community in this County, and
we should have a diversity of views presented on our
community radio station. Nobody has a monopoly on
Truth.<br>
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Tim Bray<br>
Albion<br>
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On 2/20/2014 2:06 PM, she-la wrote:<br>
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<pre>Karen,
The simplest answer is that, from John Coate's perspective, the stations news programs were one sided, leaning toward leftist philosophy.
Since he, along with Mary was making the programming decisions it didn't matter what any of the members or listeners thought. This is one of the main difficulties with the station--the lack of inclusion of the public base. It is also the main reason why 1/5 of KZYX membership numbers (423) now donate to KMUD while only 44 people in Humboldt County donate to KZYX. The station ignores these statistics by having more pledge drives to bolster its membership numbers and make it appear as if a boycott of the station by dissatisfied listeners is not occurring.
Of course, from where Coate stands on the extreme right, everything is left of his views.
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