{"id":44393,"date":"2022-01-28T13:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T18:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44393"},"modified":"2022-01-28T13:58:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T18:58:04","slug":"what-an-incredible-coincidence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=44393","title":{"rendered":"What An Incredible Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Wednesday The Daily Caller<\/a> reported that Gigi Sohn, who is President Biden’s nominee to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC, made an interesting deal with some broadcasters after being nominated for the position.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Sohn previously worked<\/a>\u00a0as a director of Locast, a streaming service that transmitted local television broadcasts on the internet. The company was shut down in October 2021 after broadcasters sued and a judge ruled the service was in violation of copyright law. Locast entered into a settlement agreement<\/a>\u00a0with broadcasters requiring the service to pay $32 million in damages.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Biden nominated<\/a> Sohn to an empty commissioner position at the FCC, which is tasked with regulating the broadcast industry, in late October; however, one day after she was nominated, Sohn signed a confidential agreement with broadcasters cutting the amount of damages Locast would pay to around $700,000, according to a copy of the agreement seen<\/a>\u00a0by Bloomberg Law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The agreement also released Sohn and other enjoined parties in the lawsuit from liability, Bloomberg Law reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article also notes:<\/p>\n

Sohn\u2019s involvement with Locast was the subject of several questions from lawmakers during her nomination hearing<\/a>, including those from Republican Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, the ranking member of the Senate Commerce Committee; however, the confidential agreement between Locast and broadcasters was not addressed in Sohn\u2019s hearing. When asked where the money came from \u201cfor the payment of the $32 million settlement in connection with the Locast case,\u201d Sohn did not correct Wicker in her written responses<\/a>\u00a0to reflect the current amount owed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After obtaining a copy of the confidential settlement agreement, Wicker demanded a second hearing on Jan. 18 to address Sohn\u2019s \u201cfuture financial liability to a number of companies regulated by the FCC\u201d and clear up any ethical doubt, Politico reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wicker\u2019s request for a second hearing on Sohn\u2019s nomination results from the discrepancies between Sohn\u2019s testimony during her December 2021 hearing and the details of her Locast settlement, according to a Senate aide familiar with the matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sohn has also reportedly been negotiating a recusal deal with Senate Commerce Democrats that would attempt to avoid thorny issues, according<\/a> to Fox Business. These negotiations have not been made public.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Are there any honest people in Washington?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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