Not for the 1st Time, Bob Fass Tossed Off WBAI Airwaves Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit [Note: Bob Fass has, of course, been "banned" before. After the 1977 staff strike and lockout, Fass was one of the two longest-banned on-air personalities at WBAI, returning years after the conflict, and just before Valerie Van Isler, the very long-time WBAI staffer who was ousted during the Christmas Coup last year by the Utrice Leid Taliban, was finally allowed back on the air. Newcomers to the long-term CIA project to smother the voice of Pacifica radio may not remember all this. But Fass has been there before. The difference is, this coup is a neoliberal coup of the moneyed liberals, and this time, it's hard to see how there will be a Pacifica network to return to. -- NY Transfer] source - "Lyn Gerry" December 16, 2001 Bob Fass was told this morning that he was "suspended" from his overnight talk show on WBAI. Fass has been on WBAI since 1962 and is known for his innovative use of the medium of radio; he is considered to be the inventor of freeform radio and has made the history books for his interactive broadcasts in support of the anti- Viet Nam war movement.. In what can only be described as a blatant double standard, Fass' removal by WBAI manager Robert Daughtry was alleged to be due to Fass comments about the WBAI and Pacifica crisis, which violated the "gag rule." Meanwhile, supporters of Utrice Leid spent 6 hours on the air yesterday, 12/13 making derogatory remarks about, and threats against, a number of former staff by name, as well as the Pacifica reform movement generally. No gag rule for those who bash management's opponents apparently. You can hear the bashfest, if you missed it, on line at http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=3984 More details on the attack on Fass when they become available. Lyn ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytmed-12.18.01-07:44:06-4406