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This seems very unlike Pai... Does he not have much to gain personally from the merger (yet)? I have a hard time believing that now he's starting to regulate th
by craftyguy 8y ago
This seems very unlike Pai... Does he not have much to gain personally from the merger (yet)? I have a hard time believing that now he's starting to regulate things, after the last few months.
- creaghpatr 8y agoSounds like a good time to question whether your premise is flawed.
- thechao 8y agoI’ve had a lot more success viewing Pai’s actions as consistent, but unaligned with my own, rather than assuming rank cronyism. I have a hard time believing a “true yes man” could be as successful as he is—although, not impossible.
- pasbesoin 8y agoI've lost track of who owns whom, but would this merger create a larger and more effective competitor for Fox? Does it compete with the wireless and telecommunications industries he appears to be most aligned with? Is the opposition a smokescreen, to provide some "balance" to present and distract from all the rest that he is doing?
- kevin_b_er 8y agoAgreed. What does he or his allies have to gain from this? Sinclair is known to force programming on the station disguised as local news in line with Trump. Pai's known for a series of positions that deliberately favor Sinclair, so I'm always questioning what the ulterior motive is. Did Sinclair do something to raise the hackles of the Republican party in spite of otherwise heavy heavy slant to the party line?