-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- Institute for Public Accuracy 915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 (202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________ Tuesday, July 20, 1999 Uproar Over Free Speech and Lockout: �Unprecedented� Stifling of Radio Station A nationwide outcry is growing as the Pacifica Foundation continues its lockout of staff and volunteers at radio station KPFA in the San Francisco area. A week ago, the foundation�s management halted the station�s evening newscast in mid-sentence while the news anchor was reporting on the latest developments in the KPFA-Pacifica conflict. Since then, archival tapes have been airing. Among those who can be called for interviews are: MATTHEW LASAR, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.savepacifica.net Author of "Pacifica Radio: The Rise of an Alternative Network" (Temple University Press, 1999), Lasar said: �The Pacifica Foundation is clearly abandoning the most basic precept of community broadcasting -- that those who work at and support a station have something to do with its policies. Pacifica�s actions here are unprecedented in the organization�s history.� AILEEN ALFANDARY News co-director at KPFA, Alfandary said: �There are disturbing indications that Pacifica is considering the sale of KPFA�s or [New York City station] WBAI�s lucrative frequencies. Equally troubling is that Mary Frances Berry, the chair of Pacifica�s board and of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, would use her Justice Department connections in an apparent attempt to get the Berkeley police to crack down on nonviolent protesters.� ANDREA BUFFA, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.media-alliance.org Executive director of Media Alliance, a 22-year-old media accountability organization based in San Francisco, Buffa said: �The Pacifica Foundation really underestimated the breadth and depth of support for KPFA.� J. IMANI, [EMAIL PROTECTED] A member of KPFA local advisory board, Imani said: �Berry wants to diversify Pacifica from the top down; we�ve been working to diversify it from the bottom up.� BEN H. BAGDIKIAN, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Author of "The Media Monopoly," a former top editor at the Washington Post and former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, Bagdikian said: �The national board has only limited time to reverse the present course of events if they wish to preserve Pacifica and what it stands for.� MARY FRANCES BERRY The chair of the Pacifica Foundation, Berry did not respond to IPA�s request for comment. 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