Fact vs. Fiction in The Court Action To Rescue Pacifica There have been lies, misstatements, misinformation, and propaganda disseminated about the nature of the recent lawsuit involving Pacifica Foundation, Inc. Let’s set the record straight here. First, everything done in the lawsuit has been in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Second, …
KPFK LA GM and others are being targeted for termination for expressing opposition to expanding snake oil & infomercial-type broadcasts on Pacifica. Yay Free Speech, unless of course you’re exposing some inconvenient truths about what’s going on behind the curtain with the board directors of Pacifica. See LA Times link here for a background briefing. …
Campaign Launched By Donors to Save Pacifica Radio Network Faces Plummeting Audience, Increasing Deficits, and Potential Insolvency (SF, CA) The Pacifica Safety Net (PSN), a California non-profit organization, formed by Pacifica radio listeners, volunteers, and donors officially launched a website and posted a five-minute videotaped statement by actor and author Peter Coyote. Lack of competent …
Press Release on the LA Court Action: For Immediate Release: December 10, 2020 America’s Oldest Public Radio Network Directors Sued for Malfeasance and Mismanagement (San Francisco, CA) Legal action to stop the destruction of the Pacifica Radio Foundation was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. The complaint accuses members of Pacifica’s board of directors with …
Due to years of mismanagement and the role of sectarian splinter groups and self-interested actors, the Pacifica Foundation finds itself on the precipice of either bankruptcy or dissolution. Pacifica has turned to fringe conspiracy theories, hate speech, snake oil and infomercials to raise money, betraying the Pacifica mission and making those of intelligence, conscience and decency cringe.
