KPFK's fund drive

[Stupid]

I was listening to KPFK's (Los Angeles) recent fund drive while driving.
I was amazed at the amount of conspiracy theory being offered as an insentive in order to garner listener subscription funding.
...everything from 911 truths, to secret cancer cures......and all in between.
This is my personal opinion, but it seemed like a Jerry Springer/ Alex Jones method to zap suspicious minds into relinquishing/donating their money based on fear.

http://www.kpfk.org/eventcal.html?ta...onth=05&day=22


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c21AS...hannel&list=UL

Michael Murphy pitch...
http://archive.kpfk.org/mp3/kpfk_120...030special.MP3

Of the above video, the fund drive played a pre-recorded version of the above video several times that week....I believe once a day (?)
I don't listen to this radio network very often....it's way to socialist for me. But I listen to it once-in-a-while, as I do Rush Limbaugh....to hear what's going on.

[Stupid]

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http://gerson.org/gerpress/the-gerson-therapy/

http://www.skepdic.com/gersontherapy.html

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[Mick]

I used to listen to it. It's changed in the last few years.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar...ia27-2010mar27

Content from external source:

Wonder how the Bush administration arranged for the destruction of the World Trade Center? Curious why the government planes are releasing toxic chemtrails into our atmosphere? Step right up, because for a record 26 days, KPFK-FM (90.7) not only provided answers but offered to hook you up with that sweet DVD set, unveiling the fuller, darker truth. All for a pledge of, say, $100.
February's pledge slog was more than twice as long as pledge drives of years past. It seemed longer and sadder for losing the focus that has returned to its regular programming.
KPFK's listenership has actually crept up in recent months as interim program director Alan Minsky has assigned consistent hosts to some daytime and drive-time slots. With Margaret Prescod in the morning, Ian Masters in the early evening and Mitch Jeserich's bright "Letters to Washington" at 10 a.m., ratings have inched up to 150,000 a week from their average low of about 120,000.

There's some quite serious allegations out there:

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2011/01/244027.php

Content from external source:

KPFK is one of the left’s few major assets in Southern California, and now that asset may be under serious threat. It is being reported that one of three finalists for the position of General Manager at KPFK is current Senior Producer Christine Blosdale. Blosdale is well known for pioneering the most discredited conspiracy-theory laden programming at KPFK, consistently promoting fundraising “thank-you gifts” that are journalistically questionable. Now, the small measure of credibility that the station has retained in spite of Blosdale, is in danger of being lost.

For example, many reports of the recent gruesome Arizona shooting have revealed that the alleged shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, was influenced by a film that Blosdale heavily promoted on KPFK’s airwaves some years back, called Zeitgeist made by Peter Joseph. Joseph (who apparently does not use his real name) calls himself the leader of the “Zeitgeist movement.” His film features Ron Paul, a favorite of many libertarians and conservatives. The film also makes unproven claims about a government cover-up of the 9-11 attacks, and how a secret group of bankers and elites is controlling the world – both paradigms are favored on the extreme right as well as the extreme left, and are standard Blosdale fare.

It is also known that Blosdale runs her own Public Relations business called Good Karma PR (http://www.goodkarmapr.com). Aside from the obvious conflicts of interest inherent in a journalist running a PR side business, is a disturbing fact that Blosdale routinely provides paid services for people who make appearances on the KPFK shows she produces, who’s films are routinely used as thank you gifts, or whose events are sponsored by KPFK.