{"id":1870750,"date":"2023-03-07T15:57:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loses-fight-to-confirm-far-left-fcc-nominee\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T21:04:43","slug":"biden-loses-fight-to-confirm-far-left-fcc-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loses-fight-to-confirm-far-left-fcc-nominee\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Loses Fight To Confirm Far-Left FCC Nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-loses-fight-to-confirm-far-left-fcc-nominee%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=1870750&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-->\n<div>\n<h2>After losing Dem support at the US Senate, Gigi Sohn has decided to withdraw her name.<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> Gigi Son \/ Reuters\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>After extensive reporting about her anti-conservative and pro-censorship views, the Federal Communications Commission&#8217;s nominee for President Joe Biden was removed from consideration.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/claim-yours-ots-fbeacon-ads-30?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023marchots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>FCC Pick Gigi Son, whose nomination had floundered since Biden nominated it two years back, made the announcement after Joe Manchin, a Democratic senator from W.Va., said he would not vote for her. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/documents\/13c8dd05-32c1-43dd-81e1-7135e7e14699.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> Shared with <i>Washington Post<\/i>, Sohn\u00a0blamed &#8220;media industry lobbyists&#8221;  &#8220;dark money political groups&#8221; For forcing her to step down.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn&#8217;s long-standing controversy record is evident in the <i>Washington Free Beacon<\/i> The history of the event has been documented by many over the years. Telecommunications experts warned Sohn that he could misuse government power to stop conservative media after she was first appointed by the President in October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/experts-worry-biden-fcc-pick-will-use-post-to-attack-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">questioned<\/a> Whether the government should grant broadcasting licences to right-leaning networks. The FCC must investigate these networks. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-slam-biden-fcc-pick-for-anti-conservative-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">singling out<\/a> Fox News &#8220;propaganda,&#8221; The <i>Free Beacon<\/i> reported. Sohn might have been able to vote on removing licenses from networks if she was elected commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s reason for concern she&#8217;d take punitive action against conservative voices,&#8221; According to one expert, <i>Free Beacon<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Sohn isn&#8217;t just a problem for Republicans. Two Hispanic organizations are at least. <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/hispanic-groups-push-biden-to-dump-progressive-fcc-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> Her nomination with the president of one suggesting she might be &#8220;racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/illegals-voting-beacon-ads?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=fbeaconads&#038;utm_campaign=202303dcvoting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Left-wing media advocacy groups tried to defend the nomination, claiming that Sohn&#8217;s opposition, who is black, was not a threat to his rights. &#8220;anti-black,&#8221; The <i>Free Beacon<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/left-wing-group-says-opposition-to-bidens-old-white-lady-nominee-is-anti-black\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> January<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;From <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/biden-loses-fight-to-confirm-far-left-fcc-nominee\/\">Biden Loses Fight To Confirm Far-Left FCC Nominee<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After losing Dem support at the US Senate, Gigi Sohn has decided to withdraw her name. Gigi Son \/ Reuters After extensive reporting about her anti-conservative and pro-censorship views, the Federal Communications Commission&#8217;s nominee for President Joe Biden was removed from consideration. FCC Pick Gigi Son, whose nomination had floundered since Biden nominated it two &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":162,"featured_media":1891587,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[3620,12512,9566,16609,4004,4318,4904],"class_list":["post-1870750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-biden","tag-confirm","tag-far-left","tag-fcc","tag-fight","tag-loses","tag-nominee"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1870750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1870750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1891587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1870750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1870750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1870750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}