MPB has lost a contributer for now.
If this report from Rachel Maddow is true, and MPB removed a program (Fresh Air) because of ONE complaint, (that’s right just one) then I’m done with MPB. I’ll continue to listen to your morning news, but I won’t contribute anymore to listen to it. Why? Because I now know that as soon as someone in the news or any of your programs says just one thing that annoys even one person you’ll pull it. You’ve set the precedent. We now know where you stand and what you’ll fight for; apparently nothing. The channel may as well go back to playing nothing but classical music now. And even then watch out, someone may decide that some piece of music was enjoyed by Hitler or Stalin or some other ‘person of disrepute’ and therefor listening to that piece may remind at least one person of this bad guy and have them complain, so you’ll eventually be playing the national anthem over and over again as the only safe choice. Worth money to listen to that kind of channel let me tell ya.
If you can’t even fulfill your own freaking HANDBOOK; “MAET will not censor or edit material for broadcast solely out of fear of complaint.” Then what the hell good are you? I mean are you going to at least amend your handbook to be more honest; “MAET will not censor or edit material for broadcast solely out of fear of complaint, but we will if there is even one complaint.”
Also, I know I’m not some fancy PR person or high intellectual or even a program manager but maybe, just MAYBE the better solution to this was to change what is played on your ‘hold’ channel? You know, just an idea. If I’m not mistaken you actually have a music only station; play that on your hold service instead of THINK RADIO. Good grief, people of the country already have a low opinion of Mississippians must you make decisions that make us look even WORSE?