Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai dismissed a petition (from the so-called “Free Press” advocacy group) for the agency to investigate news networks that continue to air President Donald Trump’s press briefings on the China coronavirus.
BizPacReview Pai’s tweet and press statement comes after Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan demanded Saturday that news networks stop live-broadcasting Trump’s near-daily coronavirus briefings.
The independent government agency slapped down a request from advocacy group Free Press because press freedoms are too important, Pai said in a tweet Monday announcing the decision. The tweet included screenshot of a press statement addressing the petition.
“The federal government will not — and never should — investigate broadcasters for their editorial judgments,” Pai said in the statement. “We leave it to broadcasters to determine for themselves how to cover this national emergency, including live events involving our nation’s leaders.”
He added: “Under my leadership, the FCC has always stood firmly in defense of Americans’ First Amendment freedoms, including freedom of the press. And so long as I am Chairman of this agency, we always will.”
What’s more, we have Pai to thank for the FCC voting 3-2 to repeal net neutrality in June 2018.
Muslims and the left share many things. One of them is to despicably annihilate our freedom of speech.
Ajit Pai is a keeper. It takes an enlightened newcomer to the US to appreciate and defend its sacred Freedoms. Let’s hope he stays solid.
Reading about him at Breitbart yesterday, I tried to send him an email, but my Windows 10 wouldn’t allow it. I absolutely hate MS’s latest OS. It’s crap ( it’s hard to find anything with it ) and I’m looking for an alternative operating system to replace it!
Good job! Have to watch this guy…
This is the United States of America where Freedom of Press and Freedom of Religion are important. We have seen the First Amendment under attack for several years. I do not want the United States of America to become the People’s Republic of China where what information goes to the people of that country and to the rest of the world is heavily controlled. It was the People’s Republic of China control of information that helped spread this COVID-19 virus from China all over the world.