Posted on 06/24/2017 11:20:39 AM PDT by Rusty0604
The Washington Post reported an imaginary meeting between Federal Communications (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai and President Donald Trump, alleging unethical coordination between the White House and the FCC.
The Washington Post reported on President Donald Trump’s meeting with tech industry CEOs this week that included Google, Microsoft, and Apple. The paper argued that Pai attended a tech meeting with the president, which, according to the Washington Post, raises questions over whether the FCC remains truly independent of the White House. The FCC is an independent agency, similar to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which regulates an industry based on its sole discretion.
John Simpson, an advocate at Consumer Watchdog, said, “It is a White House function in which he should not have taken part. They should be going the extra mile to be independent from the White House. It is incumbent upon the chairman and the commissioners not only to act independently, but to avoid any appearance of conflict.”
The Washington Post retracted its claim, arguing that Pai was in fact not in the same room as President Trump. The paper’s correction statement read: “An earlier version of this story suggested that Pai was in the same room as Trump. In fact, he attended a breakout session with other meeting members in a different building.”
Matthew Berry, chief of staff to FCC chair Pai, questioned in a tweet whether the Washington Post fact-checks their articles.
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Does WaPo fact check? Why? They print it even when they know it is a lie. Why bother fact checking?
WaPo is funnier than MAD magazine and has less credibility.
WP = Wild Propaganda.
Of course they do, "Alexa, does this match Mr Bezos' requirements?"
To the tune of the Lone Ranger shout:
Jeff Bezos LIES again!!
Republicans confront FCC chief about secret White House meetings
And this...
http://www.judicialwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/JW-v-FCC-broadband-complaint-00933.pdf
The Never-Trump crowd will NEVER fact check rumors or outright lies about Trump.
IMHO, the Washington Post has become so vile and hatefilled, I wouldn’t use it for toilet paper. It must surely be saturated with toxic, venomous carcinogenic substances. How could it NOT be? Therefore, I would personally shy away from even touching the filthy thing. My personal choice.
Good one.
Yep. And they are calling Pai a hypocrite now for meeting Trump when he denounced Wheeler for meeting with Obama. Except Pai didn’t meet with Trump.
Looks like Brian Fung can only handle one scoop.
Let’s see. The big O appointed some Demoncrats to the FCC in an effort to control the internet but that did not raise any eyebrows from the lamestream media at that time.
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If the FCC is "truly independent" of the White House, then it is an unconstitutional entity. The Constitution reposes executive power exclusively in the President.
Yep! Our president is such a bad ass he can handle two scoops at one time. Of course, our media has found a way to use that against him.
Our media is freaking ridiculous
Bingo! And even here, it took 16 comments to see it.
Trump should be telling Pei what to do.
WaPo got what they wanted out of this, what in fact they want out of ALL of their fake news, namely a thousand other outlets will repeat WaPo’s fake news and never bother with repeating WaPo’s subsequent retractions. That way all the folks reading the other thousand repeats will believe the fake news is gospel.
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