Corrupt bureaucrat. We're talking about a man who flew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change.
Do you have a citation for that? It’s a serious enough charge that it should never be made without one.
From the FOIA [1] done by a NGO [2].
[1] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4106241-FCC-Calendar...
[2] https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o...
Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
by TaylorAlexander on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:12PM
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I googled for it. I believe the other person is referring to the dinner meeting mentioned here:
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Met-With-Ajit-Pai-in-...
Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
by badkungfu on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:14PM
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https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o...
"[F]lew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change" seems too strong a claim, but there should be serious questions after AT&T paid Cohen and also got a meeting that was off the record.
I don't imagine it actually changed Pai's opinion, but it seems unethical.
Re:The Repeal of Net Neutrality Is Official
by djsumdog on Monday June 11, 2018 @12:16PM
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> Corrupt bureaucrat
They are synonymous. Make no mistake, they all take favors and give favors. That's how you become a leader and stay a leader.
The good ones squeeze in a few genuinely public policies to ensure their names look decent in the history books.
The bad ones simply double down on controlling the history books.
A short summary of events spanning from 2005 up to now:
https://www.freepress.net/our-response/expert-analysis/expla...
So clearly we have no established precedent(1) of this sort of behavior in the past and happening again before our very eyes. Suggesting that these rules were conjured out of hysteria is not only wrong, it's insulting. But that's to be expected from a corporate shill.
(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakup_of_the_Bell_System