A good number of corporate media people got their start on pacifica.
On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 02:57:23PM -0500, Doug Henwood wrote:
> I'm not sure I buy this. WBAI is full of this sort of talk these days
> - we need to bring in voices from the "community." I never know what
> this means - what *is* the community? It's usually defined
> demographically, if it's defined at all. But for these purposes, the
> "black community" largely excludes that portion of the black
> population that votes Democratic and goes to church.
>
> And what kind of programming would these voices from the "community"
> produce? Pacifica radio, and left media in general, desperately need
> people who know what they're talking about - who have a body of
> expertise, skill at analysis, and some sense of style to make it all
> appealing. Are there vast untapped resources out there in the
> "community"? Where do you start prospecting?
>
> Doug
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