Community Forum: Red Dog Mine operators review Clean Water Initiative

Wed, May 21, 2008
Posted in Community Forum

NANA Regional Corporation President, Marie Greene

This August voters will decide the fate of the Clean Water Initiative, hailed and cursed as friend and foe. Join KSKA’s Community Forum as operators of the Red Dog Mine discuss how they might be impacted. Host Nellie Moore welcomes NANA Regional Corporation President, Marie Greene, NANA Development Corporation President, Helvi Sandvik and NANA Regional Development Coporation resource manager, Rose Barr as they talk about the issue.

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Then mark your calendars for June 4th when supporters of the Clean Water Initiative join Nellie Moore on Community Forum to talk about why they are concerned about the impacts of mines, such as Pebble Mine.

HOST: Nellie Moore, independent journalist

GUESTS:

Marie Greene, president, NANA Regional Corporation
Helvi Sandvik, president, NANA Development Corporation
Rose Barr, resource manager, NANA Regional Development Coporation

LIVE BROADCAST: Wed, May 21, 2008 at 2:00 p.m.

REPEAT BROADCAST: Wed, May 21, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

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Call 550-8433 (Anchorage) or 1-888-353-5752 (statewide) during the live broadcast
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2 Responses to “Community Forum: Red Dog Mine operators review Clean Water Initiative”

Ann Rothe on May 21, 2008 at 7:49 pm

After listening to today’s “Talk of Alaska”, I lost a great deal of respect for Nellie Moore. Her tremendous bias toward NANA and Cominco was clearly evident in the manner in which she structured this program and the “softball” questions she lobbed at her guests. The whole program came across as one big commercial for Red Dog Mine. Why wasn’t anyone other than NANA/Red Dog employees asked to speak on Red Dog operations and the Clean Water Initiative–a topic that impacts more than just NANA shareholders, which include Moore. She didn’t need to tell her audience that. It was abundantly clear in the manner in which she conducted her interview. Her questions sounded like they had been scripted by Cominco’s PR department. Why weren’t the sponsors of the Clean Water Initiative asked to participate? What happened to journalistic integrity at KSKA? If Nellie Moore no longer adheres to acceptable standards of journalism, surely KSKA still does. Moore did a great disservice to all Alaskans by presenting such a bias discussion of a very important issue.

Ann Rothe
John Proffitt on May 22, 2008 at 12:50 am

Ms. Rothe — Thanks for your comment. I’ve forwarded it to our News Director for review and consideration.

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