As some Republicans are lining up against one of President Joe Biden’s FCC nominees, Gigi Sohn, she has gained an unexpected ally: the president of One America News Network. Charles Herring i…
Sohn is a longtime public interest advocate who served as counselor to FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, an appointee of Barack Obama during his second term. She also co-founded the public interest group Public Knowledge, which has opposed media consolidation and advocated for a robust set of net neutrality rules.
The Senate Commerce Committee plans to hold a hearing on the nominations next week, but some Republicans have singled out Sohn in opposition. Sen. But the WSJ editorial went on to say that Sohn “has suggested using the FCC’s power over broadcast licenses to censor conservative outlets.” The Journal cited one of Sohn’s comments after conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group abandoned its proposed merger with Tribune Media.
The Journal editorial also did not mention Sohn’s reasons for questioning Sinclair’s fitness to hold a broadcast license: At the time, there were concerns that Sinclair misrepresented its plans to divest stations as a means of obtaining government approval to acquire Tribune. Such a “lack of candor” is regarded as a serious violation that can lead to FCC sanctions.
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