{"id":1004075,"date":"2021-11-12T16:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004075"},"modified":"2021-11-12T16:29:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T21:29:16","slug":"biden-pushes-pro-censorship-partisan-leftist-gigi-sohn-for-fcc-commissioner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-pro-censorship-partisan-leftist-gigi-sohn-for-fcc-commissioner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Pushes Pro-Censorship Partisan Leftist Gigi Sohn for FCC Commissioner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-pushes-pro-censorship-partisan-leftist-gigi-sohn-for-fcc-commissioner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004075&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Biden administration is determined to appoint partisan left-wingers to key positions in the federal bureaucracy. In addition to Alvaro Bedoya, the George Soros linked, pro-illegal immigration professor that Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/11\/12\/biden-pushes-soros-linked-far-left-radical-alvaro-bedoya-for-ftc-commissioner\/\">has selected as his nominee for FTC commissioner<\/a>, the Biden administration also wants the pro-censorship radical Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Committee (FCC).<\/p>\n<p>With jurisdiction over internet and telecoms policy, the FCC is an increasingly important arm of the federal government. During the Trump administration, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/07\/29\/white-house-submits-petition-to-fcc-challenging-big-tech\/\">at the center<\/a> of the President\u2019s efforts to fight back against Big Tech censorship.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18497514\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joe-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18497514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Joe-3.jpeg\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden buys ice cream as Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow (R) looks on at Moomers Homemade Ice Cream in Traverse City, Michigan on July 3, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN \/ AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">US President Joe Biden buys ice cream as Michigan Senators Debbie Stabenow (R) looks on at Moomers Homemade Ice Cream in Traverse City, Michigan on July 3, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But the FCC is a double-edged sword. Just as the commission can protect consumers from tech censorship, it can also use its regulatory might to pressure tech companies to submit to a partisan left-wing agenda.<\/p>\n<p>There is a convention that the five commissioners should remain relatively nonpartisan, even though they are allocated along party lines, with three commissioners from the party occupying the White House and two from the opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has broken that convention, sending a far-left radical, Gigi Sohn, to the Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Sohn was the co-founder and CEO of the leftist advocacy group Public Knowledge, which recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicknowledge.org\/blog\/why-cable-and-satellite-providers-should-drop-one-america-news-network\/\">called on cable and satellite providers<\/a> to drop the conservative One America News Network (OAN).<\/p>\n<p>As an FCC commissioner, Sohn will be in a position of influence over cable and satellite providers.<\/p>\n<p>She has also personally called on the FCC to investigate whether the Sinclair Broadcast Group, a conservative-run network of local TV stations, should hold a broadcast license. As a commissioner, she will be able to do just that.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.10989010989\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This, and its lack of candor during the failed merger with Tribune, calls into question Sinclair\u2019s fitness to be a broadcast licensee. Will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCC<\/a> do anything when Sinclair\u2019s licenses are up for renewal? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EPNExBfXS0\">https:\/\/t.co\/EPNExBfXS0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1053982573813264384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 21, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3150684931507\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The dangerous Sinclair-Tribune merger is officially dead.  I say that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FCC<\/a> should look at whether Sinclair is qualified to be a broadcast licensee at all: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IAeAX6dhgo\">https:\/\/t.co\/IAeAX6dhgo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1027601875267465217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>She has also said that both Fox News and social media are \u201cdangerous to our democracy,\u201d arguing that Fox is the greater danger and calling for a \u201chearing\u201d about the network, which she labeled \u201cstate-sponsored propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.9501779359431\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For all my concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Facebook?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Facebook<\/a>, I believe that Fox News has had the most negative impact on our democracy. It&#8217;s state-sponsored propaganda, with few if any opposing viewpoints. Where&#8217;s the hearing about that? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zwx6KFzrff\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zwx6KFzrff<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1321456221740847106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9352941176471\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So do you still want me to believe that social media is more dangerous to our democracy than Fox News? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sqMIXcbZYh\">https:\/\/t.co\/sqMIXcbZYh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1324730002181677056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She has also denied even the possibility that Big Tech companies might be engaged in censorship, or otherwise biased against conservatives, even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/10\/24\/facebook-reduced-breitbart-traffic-twenty-percent\/\">leaks<\/a> from inside the tech companies have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/10\/24\/facebook-reduced-breitbart-traffic-twenty-percent\/\">repeatedly<\/a> shown this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2019\/02\/27\/facebook-whistleblower-never-saw-deboost-code-applied-to-far-left-publishers-like-young-turks\/\">to be the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Sohn accused tech companies of trying to \u201cappease\u201d President Trump, whom she labeled a \u201cright-wing extremist.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0622568093385\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For years, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Twitter<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Facebook?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Facebook<\/a> tried to appease <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> &amp; other right-wing extremists on phony claims of conservative bias. It didn&#8217;t work. Great piece from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenLevy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StevenLevy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WIRED?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WIRED<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3NiUqNrWma\">https:\/\/t.co\/3NiUqNrWma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sec230?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sec230<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1266364382239481856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Beyond internet and broadcast issues, Sohn has revealed her far-left attitudes in other areas.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3125\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Angry white man. Not a good look, Judge Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1045390979572928512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.111111111111\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is a good time 2 post this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlantic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAtlantic<\/a> piece, which explains why GOP works so hard 2 pack the courts \u2013 it knows that it is the only bulwark against a country that is changing demographically, ideologically &amp; politically. It&#8217;s what&#8217;s happening here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D0akGo8FAo\">https:\/\/t.co\/D0akGo8FAo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gigi Sohn (@gigibsohn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gigibsohn\/status\/1322611609370578945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 31, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She labeled Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh an \u201cangry white man\u201d during his confirmation hearing, and has accused Republicans of \u201cpacking the courts\u201d and trying to \u201csuppress the vote\u201d in elections.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senators are speaking out against Sohn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGigi Sohn is a complete political ideologue who has disdain for conservatives. She would be a complete nightmare for the country when it comes to regulating the public airwaves,\u201d said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSohn, obviously, her views are going to be very far apart from where mine are on all the issues,\u201d Sen. John Thune (R-SD) told Politico earlier this month. \u201cShe\u2019s very left, she\u2019s going to be a heavy hand in regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.&nbsp;He is the author of&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/DELETED-Techs-Battle-Movement-Election\/dp\/154605930X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">#DELETED: Big Tech\u2019s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal The Election.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration is determined to appoint partisan left-wingers to key positions in the federal bureaucracy. 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