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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Is Under Investigation Over $3.9 Billion Media Deal
According to a report in The New York Times (Warning: source may be paywalled), Ajit Pai and the FCC approved a set of rules in 2017 to allow television broadcasters to increase the number of stations they own. Weeks after the rules were approved, Sinclair Broadcasting announced a $3.9 billion deal to buy Tribune Media. PC Gamer reports: The deal was made possible by the new set of rules, which subsequently raised some eyebrows. Notably, the FCC's inspector general is reportedly investigating if Pai and his aides abused their position by pushing for the rule changes that would make the deal possible, and timing them to benefit Sinclair. The extent of the investigation is not clear, nor is how long it will take. However, it does bring up the question of whether Pai had coordinated with Sinclair, and it could force him to publicly address the topic, which he hasn't really done up to this point.
Legislators first pushed for an investigation into this matter last November. At the time, a spokesman for the FCC representing Pai called the allegations "baseless" and alluded to it being a partisan play by those who oppose the chairman. "For many years, Chairman Pai has called on the FCC to update its media ownership regulations," the FCC spokesman said. "The chairman is sticking to his long-held views, and given the strong case for modernizing these rules, it's not surprising that those who disagree with him would prefer to do whatever they can to distract from the merits of his proposals."
Legislators first pushed for an investigation into this matter last November. At the time, a spokesman for the FCC representing Pai called the allegations "baseless" and alluded to it being a partisan play by those who oppose the chairman. "For many years, Chairman Pai has called on the FCC to update its media ownership regulations," the FCC spokesman said. "The chairman is sticking to his long-held views, and given the strong case for modernizing these rules, it's not surprising that those who disagree with him would prefer to do whatever they can to distract from the merits of his proposals."
... to see Ajit Pai in an orange jumpsuit being led off to prison in handcuffs. Maybe that would wipe the stupd shit-eating grin off his face. He is an arrogant sociopathic twat, and I would love to see justice served. But I don't expect to.
The fox has been put in charge of investigating missing chickens. The chickens have not been seen since last week and the fox, who has been guarding the henhouse for a month now, has promised to get to the bottom of this.
"I won't sleep until I find out what happened to those delicious chickens," he said, his breath smelling strongly of Listerine.
No one ever goes to jail. This country is so fucking corrupt.
Is this a Russian troll or a German troll?
Serious question: Did Donald Trump appoint anyone who isn't corrupt, tied to neo-nazis or doesn't beat women? I mean, you'd think that by accident he'd have chosen at least one person for some department who isn't crooked or in some other manner fucked up. There's been so much turnover in the administration, at some point he will run out of shitty people to appoint.
If any of you know of any member of the current administration who doesn't have the stink of corruption on them, could you please list them? I'll wait here. I really want to be proven wrong, because otherwise I'd have to accept Donald Trump as the world's greatest supervillain, and that would make me have to give him some grudging respect.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Club Fed's are not like that
If we had one single company that owned all the TV stations all the magazines all the radio stations and all the Internet infrastructure i'm sure we would get better customer service and the pricing would probably be better too. Why do liberals keep wanting to harm corporations who are just trying to innovate?
If you wanna get rich, you know that payback is a bitch
Saint Ajit would never be a corrupt shill for a media company. I mean he has an enourmous Reese's mug! No corrupt shill would have one of those. Except maybe shills for Reese's.
then give him directions to the nearest beach so he can grab a handful of sand and pack it up his {connection lost}
Getting caught publicly.
Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
I see your meds need to be adjusted again.
Leave him alone!
On one side, too good to be true. On the other side, Pai's unapologetic modus operandi.
I'm 50-50 whether this story pans out.
It appears that it means to "gut" or "abolish" regulations.
Second class citizen of the New Gilded Age
Yeah, "modernizing" a rule means forgetting what corruption led up to making the rules in the first place. Forget learning from past mistakes - corporations are better now. Less evil.
Let me get this straight. You invite people over to eat your shit. And you think that you're not the disgusting one?
Also, you really believe he takes Soros' money? Like, you're so paranoid you fail to detect even basic sarcasm? The consensus is in. You really need to take your meds or get the dosage adjusted.
There is certainly a lot of dick sucking in that summary. Somebody is in love with Pai there and swallowing the whole load. Fucking republicans!
Fucking dicksucking shit eating republicans!
oh shut the fuck up and go cry to your congresscritters that you want the second amendment repealed, its a national security issue.
Head of the FCC Ajit was appointed by Trump. You trying to mislead people is simply confirmation of the embarrasing role of Ajit in these dodgy dealings.
Links about Trump from 18 different organizations
it's not surprising that those who disagree with him would prefer to do whatever they can to distract from the merits of his proposals."
This investigation is exactly putting focus on the merits of his proposals, in particular regarding who did what to merit them.
I see that retarded Alexander Peter Kowalski has been allowed back on the internet.
Sadly while dumb, the above statements are not amongst the most retarded things he has said.
Here is is just showing that he is too dumb to realize he has been trolled.
Elsewhere he is just too dumb to realize he lost.
In those instances he really goes full retard,and expect that train to arrive soon for all to see.
APK doesn't like it when you tell the truth about him as it makes him look bad, as does a mirror.
If you remove a rule, you aren't "passing a rule to benefit anyone". What happens is what would have happened if you hadn't passed the rule in the first place. If it benefits anyone, you should investigate who passed the actual rule that is being appealed, and why they are complaining about it being removed.
Only communists reason like this. slashdot has gone way down hill. No technology - and mostly commie posts.
I don't think PopeRatzo would like the taste of your shit infused with moose semen. You should really seek treatment for you moose dick addiction there APK it isn't healthy and I believe that New York state has multiple statutes against man beast love as well as ones against molesting the wildlife. Don't bother telling us about all the women you have had as your hand isn't a woman, neither were all the inflatable ones you have popped over the years, or that thimble you filled with vaseline. Just because you long to reenact 2 girls 1 cup with PopeRatzo doesn't mean he wants to or is even into that sort of thing you sick fuck.
Of all the things APK does that is probably one of the tamest, although it does sound like he really want to reenact 2 girls 1 cup with PopeRatzo. You should see/hear what he does with various wildlife. He even created his own crypto currency that he has been trying to get people interested in here on /. to fuel his sexual perversions.
It isn't the second amendment he is after, it is a conspiracy between Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, the bump sock industry, the Rothschilds, and George Soros. Well that and massive quantities of moose dick, but he just wants that all for himself. He writes his state and federal representatives daily on both topics and the postage for all of that consumes most of his disability payments each month. It is really tragic the head trauma he suffered when blowing that moose but even then he didn't learn his lesson and suffers from anal sores and leakage from the moose dick he still takes multiple times a day which prevent from holding down a job at the local Wal*Mart as a greeter.
Did Donald Trump appoint anyone who isn't corrupt, tied to neo-nazis or doesn't beat women?
So far, at least 40% of his cabinet-level picks has had a scandal.
Even the damn Whitehouse Counsel, whose own office is an actual SCIF, hasn't been able to get a full clearance.
All things are possible when you own a politician. Ajit Pai has been owned for a long time. Everyone knows it. Hopefully he gets busted down a bit along with all who participated.
I don't believe in karma, I just call it like I see it.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
a Trump appointee is a swamp rat? how could that be true?
Nice strawman. fake SJW. fake news.
Disgustingly fat admitted soros paid treasonous traitor bloatboy no dick PopeFATZO eats anything https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqAn6jRY748/UP906Z4OONI/AAAAAAAAMBw/4UJL1sLYx2E/s1600/Gun+Nut+Article+for+Bell+of+Lost+Souls2.jpg/ hahahaha!
Disgustingly fat admitted soros paid treasonous traitor bloatboy no dick PopeFATZO eats anything and everything. His pic proves it https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QqAn6jRY748/UP906Z4OONI/AAAAAAAAMBw/4UJL1sLYx2E/s1600/Gun+Nut+Article+for+Bell+of+Lost+Souls2.jpg/ hahahaha!
As if someone in a government seat wouldn't be pushing for corporate rights so that he can get a handie from those corporations when he leaves the public sector. So Ajit Pai is a saint? What else should we add to your fantasy?
..then why are telecos resisting it tooth and nail, undoing it as soon as possible? Are you going to tell me now that the telecos' will is pro consumer, in comparison?