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Truthout magazine, among other media outlets including Pacificas own Democracy Now, have finally started to cover the Chevron media blitz of the Northern California town of Richmond, which featured the corporation inundating local voters to support its chosen City Council members and creating a company newspaper distributing corporate-approved news - the Richmond Standard. The coverage has not mentioned the role of KPFA in removing the only prime-time mass media focused on Richmond and Western Contra Costa, Andres Sotos edition of the Morning Mix, where the Communities for a Better Environment organizer and 30-year Richmond resident had been giving Chevron a run for their money. The removal of the program in May and replacement with a syndicated program from LA eliminated the only year-round non-student coverage focused on the East Bay region which is assailed by Chevrons refinery and an incoming crude by rail station at Kinder Morgan. The Richmond Progressive Alliance, which is in a pitched battle with the Chevron-backed candidate slate, objected to the program change in June, along with a plethora of community groups including the Harvey Milk Democratic Club, the Gray Panthers, Veterans for Peace, The San Francisco Green Party, ILWU Local 10, and the SF chapter of the National Lawyers Guild
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 21:19:58 +0000

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