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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