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Conflict of Interest May Taint DTV Delay Proposal

Anonymous writes "Ars Technica has discovered that one of the Obama transition team members advising on the digital TV transition has a conflict of interest that would benefit WiMAX carrier Clearwire over Verizon. 'Barack Obama's call to delay the DTV transition would affect not only millions of analog TV viewers, but also powerful companies with a vested interest in the changeover date — including at least one with an executive on Obama's transition team.'"

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  1. Re:Impressive... by CannonballHead · · Score: 2, Funny

    New record == change, right?

  2. Re:I'm probably naive by haystor · · Score: 2, Funny

    No experience in the field only qualifies you to run the CIA.

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  3. Re:Impressive... by JCSoRocks · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can we set a new record for corruption!? YES WE CAN!

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  4. Re:Impressive... by db10 · · Score: 2, Funny

    you BETCHA!

  5. Re:I'm probably naive by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Funny

    No experience in the field only qualifies you to run the CIA.

    Naw, it'll get you a post at FEMA too......

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  6. Welcome to Chicago Politics by PortHaven · · Score: 5, Funny

    The "C" in Chicago stands for "Corruption".

  7. Re:Welcome to Politics by johnsonav · · Score: 4, Funny

    The "C" in politics stands for "Corruption".

    Fixed that for you

    But, in Chicago, its a capital "C".

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  8. Re:Impressive... by Idiomatick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rush Limaugh is a national hero. That man has balls, to say the truth when facts are utterly against him.