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For Gigi Sohn: https://www.wsj.com/articles/watch-out-gigi-sohn-is-back-senate-confirmation-hearing-nomination-partisan-left-wing-fcc-progresive-political-attac

by kyrra 3y ago

For Gigi Sohn: https://www.wsj.com/articles/watch-out-gigi-sohn-is-back-senate-confirmation-hearing-nomination-partisan-left-wing-fcc-progresive-political-attack-2843ebe0 https://www.wsj.com/articles/watch-out-gigi-sohn-is-back-sen... > She’s shown unapologetic animus to conservative views, calling Fox News “dangerous to our democracy,” accusing Republicans of suppressing the vote, and describing Justice Brett Kavanaugh as an “angry white man.” She’s also supported progressive attacks on law enforcement, which prompted the Fraternal Order of Police to oppose her nomination. > During her Dec. 2021 confirmation hearing, she committed to acting with transparency and integrity. But then she stonewalled the Senate’s request for a copy of a legal settlement she signed with broadcasters and the defunct app Locast, whose board she sat on. Locast was sued for capturing and retransmitting broadcasters’ signals over the internet without their permission. > We were told that Ms. Sohn’s political statements made Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly uneasy. It's not just the GOP blocking her.

kalkin 3y ago
The sometime political media convention that an action can't be described as a GOP responsibility if the 50 Republican senators are joined in it by 3 Democrats is purely obfuscatory if one is trying to actually understand what sides are involved in a political debate and what's entailed by empowering one party or another. Let's not adopt it here. (Also, while maybe there's something to the Locast stuff-no idea-I'm not sure what a Democratic nominee is supposed to think about Fox News or Kavanaugh's temperament.)
seanp2k2 3y ago
(Article courtesy of WSJ owned by Rupert Murdoch who has a very large interest in keeping regulators out of the medias money printing machinery, out of ISPs rent-seeking grift, out of conglomerates which own both media companies and ISPs collusion against consumers) Be doubly sure to read up on how the media AKA vested interest was weaponized against her nomination too. Edit: here’s an article to get started https://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-news-comcast-senate-democrats-midterms-election https://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-ne... Note that it explicitly mentions Fox News (also Murdoch) so again I don’t have much faith that WSJ is unbiased about this issue. The Verge has some other in-depth articles about Gigi Sohn as well. Pretty ironic that the first response defending the GOP actions is from a source overseen by someone directly responsible for the media campaign against her. It obviously worked.
- kyrra 3y ago
  Moderates on both sides are adverse to appointing people to executive positions if they are nakedly partisan. These people are supposed to implement the policies written by Congress to their best ability. If the appointee is acting like a politician and not a civil servant, they should consider running for some political position.
  - seanp2k2 3y ago
    Counterpoint: Ajit Pai
wafta 3y ago
>> We were told that Ms. Sohn’s political statements made Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly uneasy. > It's not just the GOP blocking her. Is this supposed to be a real opinion? Manchin and Sinema are your cornerstones? LOL

by kyrra 3y ago

kalkin 3y ago

The sometime political media convention that an action can't be described as a GOP responsibility if the 50 Republican senators are joined in it by 3 Democrats is purely obfuscatory if one is trying to actually understand what sides are involved in a political debate and what's entailed by empowering one party or another. Let's not adopt it here. (Also, while maybe there's something to the Locast stuff-no idea-I'm not sure what a Democratic nominee is supposed to think about Fox News or Kavanaugh's temperament.)

seanp2k2 3y ago

(Article courtesy of WSJ owned by Rupert Murdoch who has a very large interest in keeping regulators out of the medias money printing machinery, out of ISPs rent-seeking grift, out of conglomerates which own both media companies and ISPs collusion against consumers) Be doubly sure to read up on how the media AKA vested interest was weaponized against her nomination too. Edit: here’s an article to get started https://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-news-comcast-senate-democrats-midterms-election https://www.theverge.com/23437518/biden-fcc-gigi-sohn-fox-ne... Note that it explicitly mentions Fox News (also Murdoch) so again I don’t have much faith that WSJ is unbiased about this issue. The Verge has some other in-depth articles about Gigi Sohn as well. Pretty ironic that the first response defending the GOP actions is from a source overseen by someone directly responsible for the media campaign against her. It obviously worked.

kyrra 3y ago
Moderates on both sides are adverse to appointing people to executive positions if they are nakedly partisan. These people are supposed to implement the policies written by Congress to their best ability. If the appointee is acting like a politician and not a civil servant, they should consider running for some political position.
- seanp2k2 3y ago
  Counterpoint: Ajit Pai

wafta 3y ago

>> We were told that Ms. Sohn’s political statements made Democratic Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly uneasy. > It's not just the GOP blocking her. Is this supposed to be a real opinion? Manchin and Sinema are your cornerstones? LOL