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Well, well, well. I checked the email from a university in Boston where the oldest college radio conference in the world held a regional event. I've been speaking for over 20 years at this particular radio convention and had to get up early, early for a 9 AM panel on radio and a 10:30 pm panel on record labels. It was lots of fun, informative, and great to see professionals from across America come to Boston to participate. A fellow from the Federal Communications Commission was also speaking at this event.
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Then, on Patch, where a former board member of a now-dissolved
non-profit still fixates on little old me, there's yet more ranting and
raving from someone who is part of a board of directors currently under
investigation for potential hate crime charges.
Think about
it. This is front page news about a hate crime, and some of the
individuals being investigated are using the Patch to spread their
propaganda. With one of the individuals already under arrest a good
lawyer might think it prudent for all of them to shut their mouths.
Now, to the nitty gritty. The individual posting also, word has it -
based on solid information - couldn't get one signature for his run for "mayor."
The non-profit that individual operated negligently was rife with unqualified people when put policies in motion that made a bad situation even worse.
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Public Figures
A public figure has access to the press in his or her community. This
is something that was revealed in Woburn Superior Court when a woman
from Rhode Island liberally dipped in to Medford cable TV subscriber
fees to sue a man. She lost the case. A key part of the case was
proving, in court, that she was a "limited public figure."
Being on the board of directors of a non-profit with full access to the
TV station makes someone a "public figure" - according to the judge's ruling. The president of the station was found to be a public figure, the woman from Rhode Island - as manager - was found to be a public figure.
The individual who couldn't get one signature for his candidacy - allegedly - now sets forth his phony lawyer routine on the Patch.
It was my understanding that Patch didn't want that individual waging
his war in this forum. As I told the editors of Patch, if the
misinformation is posted, I reserve the right to post the truth.
Today was a great day where people involved in the media got together
in Boston and discussed current media and its future. The fact that for
the better part of 20 years I and my colleagues are invited to speak at
this prestigious convention says more about our ability to communicate
and give back to the community, a lot more, than some individual who was
involved in the destruction of a free speech platform in Medford.
Some of us give back to the community, some people just take.
In Medford, cable TV subscribers did not get what they paid for. We
get excuses, nonsense and distractions. The proof of the pudding is in
the eating. For over 20 years this writer has volunteered his time to speak to students about college radio. Some of my guests on Visual Radio were also at the same convention today - published authors - giving of their time.
Some people give. Other people only know how to take.
Medford will be astonished at how great public access TV is and can
be when those of us who do the hard work, the heavy lifting, and have
taken the slings and arrows of jealous people who found power only in depriving people of a platform that citizens paid for.
The math is easy to do. Some of us help our fellow citizens out. Others take, take, take.
The person from the non-profit who fixated on me today is under
investigation by the police, with that investigation turned over to the
District Attorney's office. Any good lawyer would advise those
individuals to stop harassing Patch readers with their collective invective.
Come to the City Council meeting on November 19th. You will learn a lot more about those individuals who have thrown the mud to distract those of us who paid for a product they were incapable of providing, despite having a signed contract requiring they do so.