Article involving DU...

[misanthrope]

http://www.mobilefreepress.org/Assets/Articles/LOCAL_ISSUES/090304RatLocAnn.html

[eleny]

1. That was a big deal around here

What happened to the guy? I haven't read if he was able to find work or get his job back.

[LTR]

2. I remember that one

Big story on DU. We even tracked down the asshole from Free Rethuglic who stalked him and ratted him out.

I hope he's doing well. Radio is a bitch of a business, even public radio.

ON EDIT: That was you, wasn't it?

[desi]

6. Yes it was him...

Here's the links....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1764027#1764059

..the freeptards pulled their thread when the bastard snitch was id'ed..

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1151209/posts

[misanthrope]

10. Yep...

...that was me.

Radio is not "a bitch of a business" only, but a dying one to boot. Media conglomeration in conjunction with satellite radio will spell the end for the medium we once knew.

[JLucas4092]

11. Are You Doing Radio?

ANY radio? Let me know man. I work for a music promotions company. I can make sure the station you work at gets some stuff sent your way as we work with almost all of the NPR stations in America.

[Tom_Foolery]

12. I work at a commercial station...

and you're right when you say that it's dying. I've been in radio for 20 years, and it isn't anything like it used to be. All the fun has gone out of it for me.

[misanthrope]

14. Most of the commercial stations...

...in this market only keep a couple of announcers on staff. Cumulus and Clear Channel both have their alloted share of stations here (about 6 each I think), and they don't use squat in terms of local talent. Lots of voice-tracking, lots of stuff piped in from far away, lots of homogeneity, and a whole lot of nothing.

[Tom_Foolery]

15. The group that I work for loves to voice track...

they use all their talent on all of the stations except for the station that I'm at. Fortunately, there is the matter of distance and the fact that our current automation system isn't compatible with what they have at the other stations; but I see the day coming when they bite the bullet and spend the money for a new system here. I hope I'm gone by then. I think broadcast radio is still a viable medium, but these groups have killed it.

[walldude]

17. There's still hope.

Jim Ladd is still free-forming in L.A. nightly. Here in Denver we have a station called The Mountain that seems to have either no playlist or a very loose one. We are also lucky enough to have Rachael Donahue herself on weeknights. Considering her and her husband were part of the FM rock radio inception I consider myself lucky to have her here and am glad to have an alternative to Clear Channels McRadio.

[RainDog]

3. freepers- GET A LIFE YOU STUPID ASSHOLES

What an embarrassment freepers are to themselves.

I'm sorry this happened to the person who was fired. his responses were interesting and thoughtful.

it is beyond ridiculous that some asshole who probably never even listens to the station made an issue of this...but it sounds like the stereotypical role of some worthless piece of crap who rats out someone in, say, Nazi Germany or Communist China for not kowtowing to the official propaganda.

however, hopefully this is a blessing in disguise. based upon the radio guy's knowledge and creativity expressed in his programming responses, he should go to a better market.

it will be the radio station's loss.

[istruthfull]

4. Alabama

In Alabama a few months ago they passed a law giving the police the power to enter anyones' place of business or residency to search it without the need for a warrant. The police need to think that you "might" be a danger to yourself or anyone else. Proof is not any type of requirement for search.
Looks like they are trying to protect the people by having a search anywhere-anytime with the only requirement of a rote answer, "I thought that they might be dangerous."

[Massacure]

13. Contact the ACLU - That reeks of 4th ammendment violation

[Generic Other]

5. Hey Misanthrope!

I had been wondering what the outcome was.

Sounds like the station lost a very good deejay.

Thanks for the update.

Guess the best thing to do now would be to compile a CD: Requiem for Republicans. They'll be wanting to listen to that one after November.

[southlandshari]

8. CD idea is a great one!

I encourage you to think about exploring this idea. I think the Mobile Free Press article is great, but it should just be the beginning of a larger media look at this case (and others like it that signal very scary times to come if the current administration continues to run ramshod over first amendment rights).

Contact Jim Ridgeway at the Village Voice and Robert Greenwald (independent film/documentary producer - I think he's working on a movie on the Patriot Act right now). These two might have an interest in the story. And compiling a CD of some of the music on the fantasy playlist discussed on DU that started all of this just makes things more interesting (and gives the rest of us a very TANGIBLE way to support you and the cause of free speech!).

I followed your story VERY closely (especially as an Alabamian myself) and have been wondering how things have gone in the past few months. Thanks so much for posting the MFP article!

[Generic Other]

7. Copacetic kick

:kick:

[flaminbats]

9. political revenge has become the unacceptable standard in the workplace..

I have close friends who switch names and passwords on both Bartcop and DU. Our objective is to regularly post our political opinions while keeping our true identity secret.

If someone tracks me on DU and discovers who I am, I can always deny it. I can switch names with one of these friends I trust, and prove that I am not the individual the person thinks I am. If someone accuses me of being flaminbats I can always show the messages by flaminbats that were posted while I wasn't logged in.

Then I can show who I really post as.

If the boss asked why this problem was posted by someone else, I can point out that poster heard the story and posted an opinion related to my story. I hate to say this, but we are living in a time in which covering our ass is the only save way to be politically active on the Internet.

:evilfrown:

[KoKo]

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