Tuesday, May 17, 2011

After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commish becomes Comcast lobbyist

[Blogspot seems to have lost this post, so I'm reposting. Jon Stewart covered this last night but I posted it last week :)]

Arc technica writes After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commish becomes Comcast lobbyist "Four months after approving the massive transaction, Attwell Baker will take a top DC lobbying job for the new Comcast-NBC entity, according to reports."

"At the time, Baker objected to FCC attempts to impose conditions on the deal and argued that the 'complex and significant transaction" could "bring exciting benefits to consumers that outweigh potential harms.'"

Doesn't this seem like a conflict of interest (as a quid pro quo).

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