Tag: Federal Communications Commission

Critics complained the joke was indecent and perhaps even homophobic. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

FCC will not take action on Stephen Colbert’s ‘C–k holster’ monologue

Daniel Chaitin · May 23, 2017 10:34 pm

The report says the activists are describing their method of picketing as "Ajit-ation." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

‘Net neutrality’ activists taking photos of the inside of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s home: Report

Daniel Chaitin · May 20, 2017 5:12 pm

Currently 27 states that have their own law enforcement alerts, and the new network is a means to get consistency nationwide. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

DOJ announces ‘National Blue Network’ to quickly give information to law enforcement

Kelly Cohen · May 19, 2017 5:39 pm

Supporters of net neutrality had filed a motion for a longer comment period, specifically asking for an eight-week extension. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Reporter ‘manhandled’ by security at FCC meeting

Daniel Chaitin · May 18, 2017 11:26 pm

Federal Communication Commission Commissioner Ajit Pai has begun rolling back Obama administration-era net neutrality regulations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Net neutrality rally infiltrated by ‘ban’ Drudge and Breitbart protesters

Daniel Chaitin · May 18, 2017 6:22 pm

Chairman Ajit Pai heralded the return of a "light touch" framework that would put "technologists and engineers, rather than lawyers and accountants, at the center of the online world." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

FCC votes 2-1 to start dismantling Obama’s ‘net neutrality’ rule

Daniel Chaitin · May 18, 2017 4:50 pm

John Oliver argues that the Federal Communications Commission should retain former President Barack Obama's Internet regulations to prevent Internet service providers from prioritizing content in exchange for payment by content providers.

Beltway Confidential

John Oliver should be on PBS

Adam Brandon · May 9, 2017 8:13 pm

New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is already restoring a commonsense, measured approach to net neutrality. (Wikimedia Commons)

Chairman Ajit Pai is draining the FCC Swamp

Timothy Lee · May 9, 2017 4:04 am

Oliver dedicated his latest episode to rallying people to go to the FCC website and express their disapproval of Pai's plan. (Photo by Greg Allen/Invision/AP)

FCC website cyberattacked after John Oliver ‘net neutrality’ rollback rant

Daniel Chaitin · May 9, 2017 12:07 am

Stephen Colbert is neither being persecuted by the Trump administration, nor targeted for a Federal Communications Commission. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Beltway Confidential

Here’s hoping reporters and political activists learned something about the FCC this weekend

Becket Adams · May 8, 2017 11:06 pm

Smerconish said that such vulgar words are not meant to network television, but rather better suited for cable channels, like HBO. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

CNN host Michael Smerconish: Stephen Colbert went ‘too far’

Daniel Chaitin · May 6, 2017 4:41 pm

Critics have said the joke was indecent and perhaps even homophobic. (John Paul Filo/CBS via AP)

FCC looking into complaints about Stephen Colbert’s ‘C—k holster’ monologue

Daniel Chaitin · May 5, 2017 7:51 pm