Comments on: I’m starting to think that the Reader doesn’t like us (and other tidbits).

By: Amy Buzby

Amy Buzby — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:10:31 +0000

That story in the Reader was not critical of WBEZ. In fact, it was quite evenhanded. I’m glad someone at the Reader is paying attention to what’s going on at the station. How else are listeners going to know what’s happening behind the scenes?

By: Dave Stanford

Dave Stanford — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:14 +0000

There’s too many Dave’s commenting on this, it looks like I’m using different names to gang up on you.

I don’t need different names for that.

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:50 +0000

Yeah, that’s my job – that’s what is happening in the world and I linked to it. Hey Stanford, who’s side are you on! I thought we were FB friends!

By: Dave Stanford

Dave Stanford — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:40 +0000

Here’s what I like — that even though you can’t say anything about it, you linked to it over on the reader.

By: Justin Kaufmann, Web Editor

Justin Kaufmann, Web Editor — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:05:13 +0000

Curious reader,

What do you want from me? I am not the station manager, nor am I in a position to give you that transparency and substantial response. I’m the blog editor. That’s like asking Eric Zorn to respond for the Tribune Company. That’s not my job. We posted the strategic plan last week and Daniel Ash gave me a quote. According to the Reader, we buried it. By burying it, we posted midday and reposted on the home page for 2 days.

Memo to Miner: our home page and blog are where we get all of our traffic. Think about that before you listen to disgruntled staff tell you otherwise. In other words, fact check.

By the way, that whole article in the Reader was based on confidential e-mails sent to STAFF. So when you say that Torey isn’t responding to staff, you are misinformed.

By: A Curious Reader

A Curious Reader — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:21:07 +0000

That’s your only response to the issues brought up by the Reader’s article? A single joke about how they “don’t like” you? How about a substantial response and transparency?

How about responding to staff complaints about how producers from Vocalo and WBEZ a treated differently?

How about the fact the station still doesn’t disclose that listner donations to WBEZ are being funnelled to Vocalo? Especially as a majority of Chicago can’t tune in the station.

For listener supported radio, you guys sure act as imperious and closed as a private corporation. Malatia behaves like a CEO rather than steward of a public trust.

By: Kate

Kate — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:44:16 +0000

I know a gay woman who says she’ll be straight for Ira.

I think **that’s** when you know you’ve made it.

By: David

David — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:18 +0000

Can we just get rid of Malatia? The staff and membership seems dedicated to journalism, the former does it well and the latter avidly consumes it. Why divert our dollars from funding what we love to a project we don’t care about or use? If Malatia is so focused on Vocolo, let him spin it off, take the helm, and fundraise for it on its own merits? Why? Because without bleeding BEZ dry, Vocolo would fail spectacularly.

By: Dave Stanford

Dave Stanford — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:02:33 +0000

The stuff the reader posts about the guts of WBEZ is very interesting to me. More interesting than Feder’s posts about the personalities hosting different TV news or radio shows.

It also seems like their posting as someone concerned about the journalistic future of WBEZ, which is not dislike at all.