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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Gigi sohn - What They Never Told You

FCC chair Brendan Carr says media were ‘lied to’ over Stephen Colbert controversy

Carr says the Federal Communications Commission has also opened an enforcement action into ABC’s the View

The Guardian - US

Meet the conservative lawyer causing headaches for major news networks

Critics are concerned that Daniel Suhr, the head of a conservative legal group, may be pulling the strings behind many of the Trump FCC’s moves

The Guardian - US

What to know about the FCC chair who pushed broadcasters to drop Kimmel

FCC chair Brendan Carr pushed local broadcasters to drop Kimmel

Axios

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FCC move to restore net neutrality sets stage for familiar fight - Roll Call

The Biden administration’s move to restore net neutrality faces legal tests and a risk of a rollback under a future administration.

Roll Call

A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations

Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station.

WEKU

Sohn: Dark Money Fueled FCC Nomination Failure

Says media inattention or inaccuracies that she could not correct didn't help

Multichannel News

INCOMPAS to Hill: We Need a Full FCC Now

Communications trade groups urge swift action on confirmation

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President Biden announces new FCC nominee to fill long-vacant commissioner seat

President Biden announced Anna M. Gomez as his nominee for FCC commissioner.

Android Central

President Biden Nominates Anna Gomez for FCC Seat

Packages it with renominations for Geoffrey Starks, Brendan Carr

Multichannel News

Biden’s failed pick of Gigi Sohn for FCC post shows influence of dark money on U.S. politics

Groups targeting the nominee included one co-founded by ex-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., who’s now director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tanked Biden pick highlights escalation of dark-money forces

When President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, she expected to face criticism over her desire to expand free internet access and improve competition among broadband providers

The Independent UK

‘Perfect Storm’ Sinks Gigi Sohn’s FCC Nomination (Analysis)

Opportunity to keep regulator at a political stalemate was apparently too tempting to pass up

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White House Withdraws Gigi Sohn’s FCC Nomination

Agency, public advocacy experience couldn’t overcome campaign to block confirmation

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President Biden Yet to Withdraw Gigi Sohn’s FCC Nomination

The Biden administration appears to be in no hurry to withdraw the nomination of Gigi Sohn, its first choice for the third Democratic seat on the five-member FCC, or perhaps it was caught somewhat off guard by the need to find a new candidate.

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Reason

Gigi Sohn Withdraws FCC Nomination Due to Politics, Policy, and Police Pressure

While Sohn’s record raises ethics and judgment questions, some attacks against her lacked merit.

Salon

Dark money wins: Biden FCC nominee bails

Public should be "outraged," say activists, claiming Biden's FCC remains "utterly impotent" against Big Telecom

Tribune News Service

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Orlando Free Fall ride to be removed nearly year after teen's death

Tribune News Service

Sohn withdraws after Manchin opposes her FCC confirmation

Gigi Sohn withdrew her nomination to become a member of the Federal Communications Commission after Sen. Joe Manchin III on Tuesday said he would oppose her confirmation.

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Roll Call

Sohn withdraws after Manchin opposes her FCC confirmation - Roll Call

She had only the narrowest of paths to get through the Senate on Biden's third attempt to get her confirmed to the commission.

Reason

How Today's Skeptical Supreme Court Could Block Net Neutrality Rules

Attempts to reclassify ISPs as common carriers are unsupported by law.

Reason

Biden Renominates Gigi Sohn, Net Neutrality Advocate, to the FCC

Net neutrality is an unnecessary and failed policy.

Tribune News Service

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight

WASHINGTON — In parts of Oklahoma’s 3rd District, more than half of the state’s rural residents don’t have access to a broadband connection, House Science Chairman Frank D. Lucas, who represents the district in Congress, said in a recent interview.

Roll Call

Gaps in broadband access is backdrop to Sohn’s FCC nomination fight - Roll Call

As the Senate fights over an FCC nominee, the government is gearing up to allocate billions of dollars to close a gap in broadband access.

Salon

Dark money targets Biden agenda

Untraceable telecom money is pouring in — to Democrats as well as Republicans. The goal? To shut down government

Salon

Biden FCC nominee faces GOP, dark money

Gigi Sohn battles Republican hostility and onslaught of Big Telecom dark money in "proxy fight for net neutrality"

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