As Media Grow, FCC Looks Ahead

Julius Genachowski, President Obama's pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, has a soft spot for the little guy. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 19, 2009 - 6:45 PM PDT
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Derek Hawkins
3.0
by Derek Hawkins - Jul. 20, 2009

Eh. Another piece on another Obama appointee. Closer to an interview than a profile. I got about as much from his Wikipedia entry.

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Jul. 20, 2009

A very mediocre piece about the new FCC head. It discusses issues only in the vaguest of terms, filling in buzzwords for substance.

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Jack Dinkmeyer
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by Jack Dinkmeyer - Jul. 20, 2009

More of a puff piece than anything else. Although it's too soon to tell, if Obama's FCC is to have any real impact for Americans rather than for Bushie special interests, every commissioner, especially the Chairman, must rally their strength to withstand withering neocon attacks.

It's going to take an act of God to effectively reverse any of the special-interest owned Bushie locked-in concrete policies

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Shawn Powers
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by Shawn Powers - Jul. 20, 2009

Seems a bit like a PR piece for Genachowski more than anything else. Very little context. No mention of net neutrality, a key issue that the FCC needs to deal with moving forward.

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