It’s a bit unusual when any FCC nomination becomes controversial — and even a bit strange when Tucker Carlson seizes on it.But that is what has been happening in recent months in the case of Gigi Sohn, a longtime public interest advocate whose nomination to fill a vacancy on the commission is scheduled to come to a vote on Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee, with the chance that she also will face a tight confirmation vote on the Senate floor.Most nominations sail through with little attention, but Sohn has become a bit of a lightning rod on the right for some past tweets, yet it’s the telecom and broadcast lobby that has raised issues with her nomination, resulting in a delay that could end up being consequential.With the commission split 2-2 between the parties, the FCC is deadlocked to take up more controversial items in areas like media ownership and net neutrality.
Sohn co-founded the public interest group Public Knowledge, which through the years often has been at odds with media conglomerates on a host of issues, particularly in criticism of the concentration of power among TV broadcasters, internet providers and cable companies, as well as on other issues involving copyright.Sohn’s vote also could mean more scrutiny for media mergers, with every expectation that the Democrats’ FCC majority, like the FTC and the Justice Department, will take a harder line toward consolidation.Industry lobbyists have walked a fine line between not publicly opposing her nomination — after all, what if she is confirmed? — but privately raising issues that have delayed it.Andrew Jay Schwartzman, senior counselor at the Benton Institute and longtime media public interest advocate, said that a risk is that by the time there
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