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Biden’s FCC Commissioner Nominee Gigi Sohn Wants To Nuke Right-Leaning Broadcasters From Air
https://thefederalist.com ^ | JANUARY 18, 2022 | BY: JORDAN BOYD

Posted on 01/19/2022 9:07:56 AM PST by Red Badger

President Joe Biden’s nominee for commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission hates Fox News and wants the federal agency to regulate conservative broadcasts because she disagrees with them.

The White House first announced Gigi Sohn as Biden’s FCC nominee in October.

“Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable, and democratic communications networks,” the Biden administration claimed. “For over thirty years, Gigi has worked to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open, and protective of user privacy.”

Sohn’s inclination towards censorship and partisan regulation, however, torpedoed her chances of confirmation. Biden re-nominated Sohn at the beginning of the year but her chances of gaining Republican support are once again slim considering her history of criticizing and painting TV networks she disagrees with as threats to our democracy that need to be punished.

In one 2019 tweet, Sohn hinted that Fox News should be scrutinized because they “have played their own role in destroying democracy.”

“I agree that scrutiny of big tech is essential, as is scrutiny of big telecom, cable & media. And trust me, the latter have played their own role in destroying democracy & electing autocrats. Like, say, Fox News?” she tweeted.

One year later, after social media companies censored posts about Covid-19 and circulation of the Hunter Biden laptop story, Sohn once again asked: “So do you still want me to believe that social media is more dangerous to our democracy than Fox News?”

One month earlier, Sohn admitted that she had concerns with Facebook but said “I believe that Fox News has had the most negative impact on our democracy.”

“It’s state-sponsored propaganda, with few if any opposing viewpoints,” Sohn complained. “Where’s the hearing about that?”

In addition to holding a grudge against Fox News, Sohn also repeatedly expressed doubts about whether Sinclair Broadcasting “is qualified to be a broadcast licensee at all.” In a 2018 tweet, Sohn took her complaints from rants on Twitter to demanding action from the FCC where she had previously served as a counselor to a former chairman.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters; gigisohn; goebbels; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; ronklain
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To: aquila48

Did she pass the smell test?


21 posted on 01/19/2022 9:55:26 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: Red Badger

The FCC has no authority over Fox News.


22 posted on 01/19/2022 9:57:46 AM PST by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: Red Badger

Fang Fang has friends in many places in D.C..


23 posted on 01/19/2022 9:58:19 AM PST by Vaduz ( )
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To: Red Badger

They don’t believe in censorship!!!
Except for anyone who disagrees with them.


24 posted on 01/19/2022 9:59:49 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
[snip] The White House first announced Gigi Sohn as Biden’s FCC nominee in October.

“Gigi is one of the nation’s leading public advocates for open, affordable, and democratic communications networks,” the Biden administration claimed. “For over thirty years, Gigi has worked to defend and preserve the fundamental competition and innovation policies that have made broadband Internet access more ubiquitous, competitive, affordable, open, and protective of user privacy.”

Sohn’s inclination towards censorship and partisan regulation, however, torpedoed her chances of confirmation. Biden re-nominated Sohn at the beginning of the year but her chances of gaining Republican support are once again slim considering her history of criticizing and painting TV networks she disagrees with as threats to our democracy that need to be punished. [/snip]

25 posted on 01/19/2022 10:11:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Red Badger

So many totalitarian thugs in the Biden Administration - almost like it’s intentional...


26 posted on 01/19/2022 10:13:12 AM PST by GOPJ (Who will Biden blame for his problems today? What commie thuggery will Biden impose on Americans?)
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To: aquila48

That’s Bill Gates!


27 posted on 01/19/2022 10:42:57 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: windsorknot

Being a freak is the most important qualification to be in the Sock-Puppet administration.


28 posted on 01/19/2022 10:48:16 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Red Badger

A grown woman still going by Gigi?

Only teeny tiny purse dogs should answer to Gigi.


29 posted on 01/19/2022 10:50:29 AM PST by bgill (Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: aquila48
WHY???

Why did I look!!??

My EYE'S!!! MY EYE'S!!!

30 posted on 01/19/2022 10:54:01 AM PST by Osage Orange (1961 VW Two Door Truck)
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To: Red Badger

Well of course .....gotta keep the Nazi agenda going with the DemocRATS!


31 posted on 01/19/2022 11:02:43 AM PST by high info voter
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To: joshua c

When a Leftist says democracy, she really means socialism.


32 posted on 01/19/2022 11:04:23 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (A Leftist can't enjoy life unless they are controlling, hurting, or destroying others)
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To: aquila48

Gasp! I am at a loss for words!


33 posted on 01/19/2022 12:11:03 PM PST by jrestrepo (Now I am an insurgent. Starve the beast (any way possible) )
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To: aquila48

34 posted on 01/19/2022 1:43:51 PM PST by mykroar (There is no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare. - Sun Tzu)
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To: Red Badger

bump


35 posted on 01/19/2022 3:54:01 PM PST by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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