The Angela Papers, Part 1: What went wrong at CCN?

Dedicated readers will recall that a couple of weeks ago we received some information from an unusual source—Mel Ve, who operates the Conscious Consumer Network (CCN) with her husband Biggi, informed us that Angela Power-Disney and Sandy Bergen were being dismissed from the network. Predictably, Angela who never (well rarely, oh all right sometimes and that’s her final offer) reads this blog, had issued a YouTube video in which she attempted to refute Mel’s claim. Mel responded with another email, offering further insight into the decision to let Angela go.

The most recent volley in this war of words came from Angela and her American pal HeliumHead…er, Sandy, in the form of a video (of course) in which they took turns reading aloud passages from their Skype correspondence with Mel. Entertaining as that was, we ought to have known that it wouldn’t be the last we’d hear of the spat.

Sure enough, yesterday morning we received another email from Mel. This time, it came with an attachment, consisting of Skype transcripts between Mel and Angela. In the cover note, Mel stated:

Dear El Coyote

I am handing over all Skype communications between myself Angela Power Disney, so that all can be transparent and in the public domain.

I am sure you and your team and trolls will find them very insightful.

I know I am not perfect, and indeed, there is much that you all seem to have a great time picking at me about in the public domain, but I really only wish to create a better world, and like many people, I too am going through the process of deconfusing myself from this level of reality.

I do recall your previous comments about not being a conduit for my public battle with Angela, but you see, the battle is not in my mind… Angela is the one at war with herself and the world. I just want her off my radar. I have no energy for hatred and I have no intention of going into a public on air slanging match with her. I won’t feed the beast.

Kindest Regards

Mel Ve

We did indeed find the transcripts very interesting, as they helped clarify some of the behind-the-scenes discussions that ultimately led to Angela’s termination at CCN.

Beginning as early as September 2016, discussions about money began to work their way into the conversation between Mel and Angie, with Angie pleading poverty and Mel trying to find ways to accommodate her:

However, a few days after the above conversation, Angela sent off a string of Skype texts which seem to amount to a plea for attention:

Mel’s response was rather…terse—possibly understandably, as Angie by this time was proving to be a pretty high-maintenance property:

Aside from the amateur psychologising, this sounds like a not at all unreasonable response: essentially, Mel points out that Angela made the choice to take a break, and urges her to take responsibility for her own actions. Nice try, Mel, but we can tell you from having watched Angela for two years: she’s not really into that whole “taking responsibility” thing.

Skipping ahead a month, we find Mel reproving Angela for her choice in interviewees:

And the next day, things seem to have come to a head, as Mel responds to Angela’s attempt to get her and Biggi to run CCN Angie’s way. Mel is deeply unamused by this suggestion:

As you can see, by mid-January, Mel and Angie’s relationship has deteriorated to the breaking point. Angie does not respond to Mel here, and within another 10 days she has been sacked.

Would anyone care to count the discrepancies between Angela and Sandy’s video the other day, and the written record? Answers on a postcard, please!