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Knowledgeable Net Neutrality Foe's 'Legalese' Angers MSNBC's Velshi

Tom Blumer
December 17th, 2017 5:17 PM
On Thursday, MSNBC's Ali Velshi interviewed former FCC commissioner Robert McDowell about that agency's move to eliminate the Obama administration's "Open Internet Order," better known as its "net neutrality" regulations. Velshi was in over his head, and as people who find themselves in such a situation often do, he resorted to hostility, bluster, and an accusation of condescension to try to make…
 

FCC Says Fairness Doctrine Dead, Conservatives Warn of Back-door Regul

Ken Shepherd
August 22nd, 2011 4:58 PM
"The FCC gave the coup de grace to the fairness doctrine Monday as the commission axed more than 80 media industry rules," Politico's Brooks Boliek reported this afternoon:
 

MRC's Bozell: Where Does FCC Chairman Nominee Genachowski Stand On 'Fa

NB Staff
June 16th, 2009 12:31 PM
Concerned that “we know little or nothing” of President Obama’s nominee to head the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Media Research Center President (MRC) Brent Bozell sent an open letter on June 15 to the Senate Commerce Committee urging the members to thoroughly query Julius Genachowski. The panel, headed by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) , will hold hearings today on Genachowski’s…
 

Seattle Times Feels Threatened, Calls for 'Net Neutrality

Jacob S. Lybbert
August 13th, 2008 7:21 PM
 

FCC Commissioner Warns Fairness Doctrine Might Involve Control of Web

Jeff Poor
August 13th, 2008 9:08 AM
If the idea of the Fairness Doctrine bringing government control of broadcasted speech wasn't bad enough, there's also a possibility that its oversight powers could spill over onto the Internet and control Web content. FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell raised that possibility after talking with bloggers at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on August 12. McDowell spoke about a recent FCC…