[Kzyxtalk] Fwd: Steffen vs. Bosk - how resolve?

[sako4 at comcast.net]

Eric -- I am so totally pissed that even after John Coate and I had these two heart-to-heart conversations about healing broken relationships at the station, after which I was prepared to make some concessions, including modifying or withdrawing my FCC complaint, and after which I also worked my ass off to schedule an A-list guest for my Spring Pledge Drive show tomorrow -- Katrina vanden Heuvel -- here comes Steffen kicking me to the curb, or trying to, and here coming Aigner kicking Norman De Vall to the curb. I feel played. And if John Coate had no role in Steffen's and Aigner behaviors, then John Coate should feel played, too. His staff is undermining him. 

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From: "Eric Sunswheat" <eric.sunswheat at gmail.com> 
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 1:25:27 PM 
Subject: Fwd: Steffen vs. Bosk - how resolve? 





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From: Eric Sunswheat 
Date: Thu, May 15, 2014 at 1:08 PM 
Subject: Steffen vs. Bosk - how resolve? 

How do we know for sure that KZYX Business Development staffer David 
Steffen's email, suggesting that Beth Bosk's comments or reporting "have no 
place in any discussion of KZYX or the individuals", was of his own making. 

How do we know the David Steffen email was not instigated by a operational 
policy, or shadow scripted, by General Manager John Coates and or Program 
Director Mary Aigner. 

Is there a pattern developing with the comment on Bosk. Did David Steffen, 
or GM John Coates dba David Steffen, 'throw a curve ball' at John Sakowicz, 
by intentionally making a deliberately false claim that station ID was not 
announced on air. 

Before making the station ID false claim, did Steffen, or Steffen/ Coates, 
or Steffen/Aigner, or Steffen/Aigner/Coates, already have the information 
that Sakowicz's actual transgression, was having read the underwriting at a 
procedurally incorrect time. 

Was the truth a substantial violation or simply a technical violation of 
station policy because, of its one time occurrence and not a continuing 
regular event. Is it true that there might not have been actual harm to 
the underwriter supporter nor a complaint there from. 

Was it evident that there may have been a valid reason for not reading 
underwriter announcement at the time scheduled, so the program guest could 
be on air, as the radio host declares. 

Was the false claim of not reading station ID which would have been a 
substantial violation of KZYX's broadcast FCC license, part of a 
strategic 'sucker punch'. 

Was this a '1, 2' attempt to destabilize the radio show host, by pausing 
to first allow Sako to indignantly respond to the false claim 'bait', then 
following up with the hair splitting true fact, of reading underwriting 
copy at half hour instead of at top of the hour. 

Perhaps only Steffen/Aigner/Coates knows for sure. The saga continues to 
tilt with windmills and inquiring minds. 

Eric 




On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Douglas wrote: 

> Why not just challenge her to Trial By Combat? 
> She gets to choose the weapons. 
> Maybe she'll let you off with a plastering of lemon (appropriate) 
> meringue pie... 
> 
> On 5/15/2014 11:32 AM, King Collins wrote: 
> > David Steffen says: She (Beth Bosk) doesn’t know me yet she casually 
> throws insults around, and the administrator of this list doesn’t admonish 
> her or remove her from the list. The unconscionable epithets she regularly 
> includes in her angry and dishonest screeds, which often get forwarded by 
> her fans, have no place in any discussion of KZYX or the individuals. 
> > 
> > Steffen charges that Bosk should be censored. And there may be others 
> who agree. 
> > 
> > But for the sake of democracy and the colonized masses, let's not call 
> on the list administrator. He's already done a courageous and costly 
> service, by starting this listserv. 
> > 
> > We know that the administrator has the power to shut us down, and if I 
> may express my bias: Thank God it is de Vall and not Aigner who controls 
> this list. 
> > 
> > And so it has come to pass that on KZYXtalk listserv, the most 
> democratic discussion that ever happened at KZYX, David steffen accuses 
> Beth Bosk of casually throwing insults around (See above), and that Beth 
> Bosk should be censored for her remarks. 
> > 
> > Suggested Grievance Procedure. I am not kidding about this. 
> > 
> > Once the grievance has been clearly stated, and Beth has had the 
> opportunity to respond, then I suggest we take comments from others and a 
> vote to see if others agree that there is substance to the grievance. 
> > 
> > And if we the people have so decided, then we should have a hearing, 
> perhaps in front of a panel of list users, chosen in some way, or perhaps a 
> panel of judges chosen in some way, or perhaps in front of everyone. As in 
> Common Law, we must find some way to reach a judgment. 
> > 
> > And should one be found guilty, we can proceed to the consequence phase. 
> Here we can use our imagination. Perhaps an announcement in the newspapers 
> that so-in-so was found to be to be guilty of making unfounded nasty 
> comments, and/or so-in-so will be banished from the list for a period of 
> time. 
> > 
> > I am serious about this proposal, because I don't want Norm de Vall on 
> the hot seat, and because I genuinely believe that we must find a 
> democratic way to resolve our differences and because I don't want to lose 
> this list or anyone on it. 
> > 
> > For KZYXtalk, --king collins 
> > 
> > * * * * 
> > 
> 

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