[Kzyxtalk] Opinions vs. Facts

Sat Jul 2 19:58:43 PDT 2016

I want to mention one more fact.  The reason for the financial disaster was because a handful of people (I count five) took complete control over the station, promoting there own political philosophy, censoring a large portion of the community, and giving programs to their friends. They did this in defiance of board policy.  

Why did nobody stop them?

All the volunteers over the last decade who noticed what was happening and tried to do something about it were summarily dismissed. 

Again, why did nobody stop them?

Over a dozen programmers lost their shows, and dozens more refused programs.  Many other volunteers just walked away when they noticed how dysfunctional the situation was. 

Why didn't anybody do something?

Some tried and not only endured the loss of their programs, but slanderous attacks in the local press.  Board members went out of their way to publish articles claiming falsely that the station had been "saved" and those trying to point out the financial disaster were simply out to "destroy the station" because they were upset about losing their programs.  

The catch is, these board members had not read the stations policies, or studied the stations financial documents. They were just listening to one of these five people. 

One of those people told them the boards function was to hire, and not "micromanage" the GM.  There went all board oversight. Other than that, they need to find rich people to give large donations. 

Well, there went all those pesky policies, designed to ensure the station operated in accordance to the communities will and to ensure that the stations "programming and operational philosophy is controlled by the membership."  Interestingly, membership numbers plummeted, but no one on the board seemed to notice. 

Some of these five people, the ones who took control of the station, have a history of involvement with cult-like "narcissistic groups."  For those of you who don't know, narcissism is a form of passive aggression. 

Here is an article that will help you understand what happens when a passive aggressive takes over a business:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/amyanderson/2013/03/06/passive-aggressive-behavior-will-destroy-a-companys-culture/#23401020369a

Notice the passive aggressive is mean behind the scenes, and polite out in public. It is common for someone who is wronged by a passive aggressive to become visibly upset. They are called the "identifiable patient."  Passive aggressives use this anger as a way of avoiding the facts and claiming the identifiable patient is "crazy" or engaging in "personal attacks."  In this way they often get away with otherwise aberrant behavior. 

Sadly, 10% of those living in our culture suffer from a passive aggressive coping mechanism. These can either be learned from a "group" or developed as a response to trauma. 

While I have compassion for those who suffer with this issue, we as a community DO NOT help them by enabling their behavior. 

It is my opinion that those who have been overtly wronged as well as "defenders" of the station's status quo are both victims here, and I sincerely hope we can learn how to work together in the future. Either to save the station, or begin anew...

Doug

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> On Jul 2, 2016, at 4:24 PM, Scott Peterson <scottmartinpeterson at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Dear Ms. Winslow,
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> In keeping with Norman's suggestion, I'll try to avoid any 
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> tit-for-tat here. But that should apply to everyone.
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> Your reference to 'opinions' is important here. That's been
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> the tactic of key KZYX individuals for a long time. As a way
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> to dismiss others. Not over opinions. But facts.
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> I think that Doug McKenty mentioned it. As a passive
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> aggressive strategy. And a way to put someone down. Which
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> gets a negative reaction. And the subject is then blamed 
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> for overreacting. Over anything they say or do.
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> I'm not perfect, Ms. Winslow. But most of what I've brought
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> here is fact. Some people appreciate it. Some don't.
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> Many of those who don't have one thing in common. They're
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> KZYX programmers. Who threw their fellow programmers under
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> the bus. By treating them the same way. Let me summarize
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> ten of the facts that I've introduced here:
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> 1. FACT: Former Manager John Coate implemented a policy to
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> hide Form 990s from MCPB for five years running.
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> 2. FACT: Those Form 990s showed that MCPB hadn't prepared
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> audited financial statements for that time period.
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> 3. FACT: MCPB gave the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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> documents that appear to be audited financial statements to
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> receive over a million dollars in grant funding. 
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> 4. FACT: The CPB has a strict non-compliance policy that
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> prohibits much of what MCPB/KZYX has been doing.
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> 5: FACT: MCPB/KZYX has exhausted 97% of its net assets
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> since John Coate was hired.
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> 6: FACT: John Coate admitted to being declared unfit for
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> military service by a U.S. Army psychiatrist during the
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> Vietnam War.
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> 7. FACT: The only way for that to have happened is for
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> John Coate to have suffered from psychosis.
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> 8. FACT: John Coate has claimed on his resume that he
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> reduced 93% of KZYX's debt, when he actually incurred
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> 97% of it.
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> 9. FACT: All of these facts have been brought to MCPB/
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> KZYX's Board of Directors' attention. Along with proof.
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> But they dismiss it as opinion. And laud Mr. Coate.
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> 10. FACT: At MCPB/KZYX's current 'burn rate' and net 
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> assets, MCPB/KZYX will be bankrupt in less than four 
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> months.
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> All of this is based on public information. Garnered
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> from official sources. Filed under penalty of perjury.
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> Or else admitted. By John Coate. Anybody could have 
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> found it. It's the same for posting it here. Anybody 
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> could have done that too. But they didn't. So I did.
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> This thread started with a compliment. From someone
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> named Bernie. Who appreciated what I'd done. One of the
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> embittered programmers posted a demeaning message. So
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> I responded. Then there was a reaction to my response.
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> From a former programmer. Another demeaning message.
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> So I responded again. Both of these people were women.
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> Neither brought any facts. Only opinions. I responded
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> with facts. None of which have been disputed.
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> If my ignorance is demonstrated -- as you say -- then
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> surely you can show us all where. By unravelling just
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> one of my facts. Right here. Right now. Not as opinion.
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> But as fact. Feel free to go back through all of my
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> posts. Surely you can find _some_ inaccuracy.
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> Otherwise, the tirade is yours.
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> Sincerely,
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> Scott M. Peterson
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> Mendocino
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> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
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> >you degrade this list and your message by demeaning this person.
> i will ignore the rest of your tirades from now on.
> you have lost my respect and demonstrated your own ignorance.
> I had been following with interest until you degenerated thusly 
> and completely invalidated any further 
> opinions you may hold.
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