FCC Chairman Ajit Pai claimed in a New York Times Op-Ed that his plans to overhaul media-ownership rules would rescue the struggling newspaper industry.
Don’t believe him.
When Donald Trump was elected one year ago today, we didn’t know exactly how bad things would get, but we knew we had to do three things: resist, rethink and rebuild. Here’s what that’s looked like.
This morning Net Neutrality activists and advocates greeted about 400 rush-hour commuters in Washington, D.C., with Halloween candy and flyers that debunked FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s many lies about the 2015 rules that safeguard free expression and choice online.
One thing sets Pai apart: his unique opportunity to stand up for First Amendment freedoms in the face of one of the most unstable leaders in modern history. The question is whether he’ll seize that chance.
Rehiring Pai to head the FCC would hurt everyone who needs this agency to put our communications rights before the profits of monopoly-minded media giants.