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The FCC Is Refusing To Release Emails About Ajit Pai's 'Harlem Shake' Video (vice.com)
bumblebaetuna writes from a report via Motherboard: On the eve of the net neutrality repeal, just as tensions and public debate over the issue were reaching a fever pitch, someone in the FCC decided it would be a good idea to have chair Ajit Pai ridicule legitimate concerns of internet users with a video featuring an outdated meme and a pizzagate conspiracy theorist. Now, citing the infamous b5 FOIA exemption, the Federal Communications Commission is refusing to release emails related to the planning of the video. The b5 exemption is supposed to protect "inter-agency or intra-agency memorandum or letters which would be privileged in civil litigation," but each agency interprets that meaning differently.
Obama appointed him to the FCC for a 5 year term. Trump appointed him to be CHAIRMAN of the FCC in Jan 2017 when he took office, and then nominated him for another 5 year term. Since net neutrality was only appealed AFTER he became CHAIRMAN, and that was the result of Trump, I don't think it's fair to blame Obama.
" since the issue is government waste"
You might want to limit the scope to that, but it was Ajit being a dick at a time when his job requires he be professional and consider the feedback.
Running a consultancy, as required by law, when you've already made your mind up, is bad governance. Accepting millions of duplicate comments from fake ids, is bad governnance. Saying industry talking points that are flat out untrue is bad governnance.
So now the telcos are free to screw over their customers again, and he is to blame.
who thought it was a good idea for the President to take time out of his schedule and make a video of his March Madness bracket?
Holy butthurt batman!! You are torqued the president did an interview with ESPN. Really? Really?? Are you going to start bitching about the presidential easter egg roll now too?
Since you obviously don't understand the role of the president - a lot of it is about unifying the country. Participating in non-partisan public rituals like sports is one way that's done. Its literally his job. Not that the current president could ever be bothered to do anything more unifying than a stilted recitation of somebody else's words from a teleprompter - but all the prior 44 presidents took that part of the job seriously.
Meanwhile idjit pai's video wasn't about unifying shit. It wasn't even about explaining or promoting his ideas. It was about making sure that people who disagreed with his policy goals knew he thought they were idiots. In essence, it was just a video of him masturbating.