Evan Greer on the Fight for the FCC

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This week on CounterSpin: Why does it matter to me, a media consumer, internet user, a person concerned with social justice—why does a 2–2 deadlock at the FCC matter to me? What could be happening if Biden’s long-languishing nomination of public interest advocate Gigi Sohn were put through? Net neutrality, an anti-discrimination law around broadband access that isn’t written by corporations? Maybe US citizens could stop paying more for slower broadband than just about every other industrialized country? We won’t know unless Democrats stand up to the series of increasingly absurd and offensive smears on Sohn. And that remains to be seen.

Evan Greer tracks technology and its meaning for justice activism as director of Fight for the Future. She’ll help us place the fight around Gigi Sohn’s FCC nomination in that keystone public conversation.

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Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent coverage of the Covid death toll.

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Citations

[1] Renomination of Gigi Sohn Gives Public Another Chance to Be Heard — FAIR ➤ https://fair.org/home/renomination-of-gigi-sohn-gives-public-another-chance-to-be-heard/[2] ‘The Public Is Clearly on the Side of Net Neutrality’ — FAIR ➤ https://fair.org/home/the-public-is-clearly-on-the-side-of-net-neutrality/[3] Fight for the Future ➤ https://www.fightforthefuture.org/[4] WaPo Feeds Denial With False Claims About Overcounting Covid Deaths — FAIR ➤ https://fair.org/home/wapo-feeds-denial-with-false-claims-about-overcounting-covid-deaths/[5] Evan Greer on the Fight for the FCC — FAIR ➤ https://fair.org/home/evan-greer-on-the-fight-for-the-fcc/[6] FAIR — FAIR is the national progressive media watchdog group, challenging corporate media bias, spin and misinformation. ➤ https://fair.org/