Bonnie Faulkner calls in after hearing Gary speak on censorship and
told Gary the issue she just had on KPFA. Here is what she said:
Guns
and Butter was again censored by the staff at KPFA. On Wednesday, May
18, 2016, we had planned to go on live for the current KPFA Fund Drive
and offer Dissolving Illusions: Vaccination Past and Present
by Dr. Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianyk. However, on Tuesday we
were notified by the Program Director at KPFA, Laura Prives, that our
show would not air and instead be preempted....
Bonnie Faulkner calls in after hearing Gary speak on censorship and
told Gary the issue she just had on KPFA. Here is what she said:
Guns
and Butter was again censored by the staff at KPFA. On Wednesday, May
18, 2016, we had planned to go on live for the current KPFA Fund Drive
and offer Dissolving Illusions: Vaccination Past and Present
by Dr. Suzanne Humphries and Roman Bystrianyk. However, on Tuesday we
were notified by the Program Director at KPFA, Laura Prives, that our
show would not air and instead be preempted. The following is the full
text of her email:
Bonnie,
The book Dissolving Illusions is not KPFA fund drive premium material.
We will have to preempt your show tomorrow.
KPFA
follows basic ethical standards for choosing thank you gifts presented
to listeners, that is, to tell the truth and do no harm. Thank you gifts
must be vetted for authenticity. Offering thank you gifts that contain
unverified claims, such as cancer cures or fully discredited theories,
such as a link between autism and vaccinations, violate basic ethical
standards. Thank you gifts offering cures for life-threatening diseases
or those validating unsubstantiated fears on controversial topics will
undoubtedly be popular and are likely to bring in a large amount of
donations. This is all the more reason to avoid "cashing in" and to hold
to ethical standards.
Debates and discussions on this type of
information outside of fund drives are certainly justifiable in order to
present listeners with a full scope of a topic. But when KPFA offers
books, CDs and DVDs during fund drive there is an implied endorsement of
the information in that gift. For the same reason KPFA does not offer
thank you gifts of items by political candidates during election season.
The thank you gift implies an endorsement of the candidate. As a
trusted media outlet KPFA has a responsibility to offer thank you gifts
that are as credible and unbiased as is its daily reporting and public
affairs broadcasting.
Thanks for your cooperation,
Laura
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