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Typically over-the-top Vice headline. This is what Inspectors General are supposed to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_Sta

Typically over-the-top Vice headline. This is what Inspectors General are supposed to do. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Inspector_General_(U... edit: let me pose this differently, who else would be investigating Pai in his role as head of the FCC for potential misconduct in that role? That is the job of the IG.

ceejayoz 9y ago
Sure, it's what they're supposed to do, but it's notable when a) they have work to do and b) the target is the head of the agency instead of some random low-level employee.
- nerfhammer 9y ago
  I think it's a complaint about the clickbaity phrasing. "by his own agency" vs. "by the FCC inspector general's office".
  - aaronbrethorst 9y ago
    Yes, it's a complaint about the clickbaity phrasing.
    - jjeaff 9y ago
      Doesn't seem clickbaity at all to me. He could be investigated by any number of agencies. It just so happens that this one is the one he is in charge of. Accurate headline.
      - nerfhammer 9y ago
        No one is saying it's factually false. Why is it relevant/notable that it's "his own" agency? Are agency inspector generals normally loyal to their appointed directors? To the point where it goes without saying, I was supposed to assume that? The headline seems to invoke clues towards betrayals and alliances which humans' general hopeless fascination towards potentially in excess of veridicality is frequently exploited by clickbait
samstave 9y ago
>This is what Inspectors General are supposed to do. Sure, but this is the first time in my lifetime (43yo) that I have heard of an FCC head being investigated... AND I have spent my entire career online... So this is actually big news (to me) - in that I already was aware that I thought Pai was a corporate douche-plant... and NOW he is being investigated??? huh. so... yeah - I was speculating previously that he was a "bad dude" - but now he is a Bad Dude
- greglindahl 9y ago
  The NYT article pointed out that Tom Wheeler, the previous FCC head, was also investigated by the FCC IG. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/technology/fcc-sinclair-ajit-pai.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/technology/fcc-sinclair-a...
  - jerkstate 9y ago
    yes, but this is the first time that the media has made a big deal out of it, so it must be more important.
mcphage 9y ago
That’s like saying “Sure I’m being investigated by the police, but that’s not notable at all, because investigating people is what the police are supposed to do.” Yes, it is notable, because of the target.

ceejayoz 9y ago

Sure, it's what they're supposed to do, but it's notable when a) they have work to do and b) the target is the head of the agency instead of some random low-level employee.

nerfhammer 9y ago
I think it's a complaint about the clickbaity phrasing. "by his own agency" vs. "by the FCC inspector general's office".
- aaronbrethorst 9y ago
  Yes, it's a complaint about the clickbaity phrasing.
  - jjeaff 9y ago
    Doesn't seem clickbaity at all to me. He could be investigated by any number of agencies. It just so happens that this one is the one he is in charge of. Accurate headline.
    - nerfhammer 9y ago
      No one is saying it's factually false. Why is it relevant/notable that it's "his own" agency? Are agency inspector generals normally loyal to their appointed directors? To the point where it goes without saying, I was supposed to assume that? The headline seems to invoke clues towards betrayals and alliances which humans' general hopeless fascination towards potentially in excess of veridicality is frequently exploited by clickbait

samstave 9y ago

>This is what Inspectors General are supposed to do. Sure, but this is the first time in my lifetime (43yo) that I have heard of an FCC head being investigated... AND I have spent my entire career online... So this is actually big news (to me) - in that I already was aware that I thought Pai was a corporate douche-plant... and NOW he is being investigated??? huh. so... yeah - I was speculating previously that he was a "bad dude" - but now he is a Bad Dude

greglindahl 9y ago
The NYT article pointed out that Tom Wheeler, the previous FCC head, was also investigated by the FCC IG. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/technology/fcc-sinclair-ajit-pai.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/technology/fcc-sinclair-a...
- jerkstate 9y ago
  yes, but this is the first time that the media has made a big deal out of it, so it must be more important.

mcphage 9y ago

That’s like saying “Sure I’m being investigated by the police, but that’s not notable at all, because investigating people is what the police are supposed to do.” Yes, it is notable, because of the target.