-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: FAIR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 7:28 PM Subject: [FAIR-L] CounterSpin Pulled From Pacifica Stations : : FAIR-L : Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting : Media analysis, critiques and news reports : : : : : FAIR News Release Update: : April 20, 1999 : : CounterSpin Broadcast Halted In-Progress by Pacifica Station WPFW : : On April 20th, CounterSpin, the national radio show produced by the : media watch group FAIR, was taken off the air while in-progress by : WPFW, the Washington, D.C.-based Pacifica affiliate. : : The show included a segment on media coverage of the use of depleted : uranium weapons by NATO forces in the Balkans, followed by an : interview with Larry Bensky, a broadcaster recently fired by Pacifica. : : WPFW aired the depleted uranium segment in its entirety, pulling : CounterSpin off the air in the middle of the Bensky interview. : Listeners heard an Emergency Broadcasting System announcement, followed by : music, which ran for the duration of the half-hour (11-11:30am) CounterSpin : slot. : : The suppression of the Bensky interview on WPFW comes on the heels of : Los Angeles Pacifica affiliate KPFK's suppression of the entire : CounterSpin broadcast on April 16th. (See FAIR's April 19th release, : "FAIR's Radio Program Pulled From Pacifica's KPFK," attached below.) : : Neither station has returned repeated calls by FAIR/CounterSpin asking : for an explanation of their actions. : : : --------- : FAIR News Release : April 19, 1999 : : For Immediate Release: : : FAIR's Radio Program Pulled From Pacifica's KPFK : Show Featured Interview With Fired Pacifica Broadcaster Larry Bensky : : CounterSpin, the nationally syndicated radio show produced by the : media watch group FAIR, was pulled from its scheduled 3:00pm airing on : Friday, April 16th by station KPFK, the Los Angeles-based Pacifica network : affiliate. Phone calls by CounterSpin to KPFK management to determine : why KPFK did not air the show were not returned. : : FAIR believes the show was suppressed because it featured an interview : with the recently fired Pacifica network host Larry Bensky. Bensky, : one of the Pacifica network's most recognizable voices, was fired on April : 9th following the airing of his network show, Sunday Salon, which : featured a segment discussing the dismissal of Nicole Sawaya, a : popular station manager at KPFA, the Pacifica affiliate in Berkeley, : California. : : CounterSpin invited Bensky to discuss his firing, the Sawaya : dismissal, and overlying issues of Pacifica accountability. The Sawaya and Bensky : dismissals have stirred public concern, resulting in an April 15th : demonstration at KPFA which reportedly drew between 700 and 1,000 : protestors. (Archived editions of CounterSpin can be heard on the FAIR : web site at: http://www.fair.org/counterspin/index.html. : A transcript of the interview with Benksy appears at: : http://www.venier.net/savepacifica/0419_counterspin.htm) : : A Pacifica representative was invited to appear on a future show to : present the network's point of view. Pacifica declined the invitation. : : : "As a show concerned with censorship, CounterSpin relies on the : atmosphere of openness and critical thinking provided by : non-commercial radio," says CounterSpin producer and host Janine Jackson. "It would : be a distressing commentary on the state of free speech at the Pacifica : network if CounterSpin was pulled from their airwaves for doing just : the kind of work we've always done, raising just the kinds of questions we : regularly raise about media." : : Contact: Steve Rendall at : Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : : : : ---------- : : : Feel free to respond to FAIR ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ). We can't reply to : everything, but we will look at each message. We especially appreciate : documented example of media bias or censorship. 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