it's interesting how coop was so willing to raise funds that have been stolen and squandered by the old board, and yet totally unwilling to raise funds once the listener/public had a voice. that's a man who needs therapy.
R
>When Marc first justified his position on the strike, one big example he gave
>was that he was such a good fundraiser for the station, so his opponents who
>could not raise similar funds were therefore less popular or deserving of
>ratings respect. Well, without Cooper, KPFK just had a record-setting
>fundraising drive and we get this piece that talks endlessly about how
>irrelevant the station is to its listeners ending with an unsources quote
>that "now we (the employees) are just here for us." Yet the nearly $1
>million raised from listeners indicates that a lot of people disagree with
>that assessment.
>
>Now I've made no bones about my problems with some Pacifica programming, but
>the most basic lack of honesty in the Cooper-Taylor argument is the refusal
>to recognize that the existing listener public plus most grassroots
>progressive groups overwhelmingly sided with the "dissident" group that just
>took over, from the 10,000 folks who marched for them in Berkeley to those
>who mobilized across the country for the last couple of years to the
>listeners now emptying their wallets to support stations now.
>
>There may be an argument that different programming might attract new
>listeners, but any honest evaluation of this recent struggle has to admit
>that present listeners of Pacifica were overwhelmingly with the new dissident
>board. And its that honesty that Goodman and Taylor lack.
>
>-- Nathan Newman