Group FOIAs FCC Over 'Partisan' Influence on Standard/Tegna
A conservative watchdog group that opposed the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the FCC is seeking information on “partisan political influences” on the agency over the Standard/Tegna deal, said a news release Thursday. The American Accountability Foundation (AAF) filed a…
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Freedom of Information Act request seeking records of communications between FCC Media Bureau Chief Holly Saurer and deal opponents such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Andrew Schwartzman, Benton Foundation Institute for Broadband and Society senior counselor, who represents unions in the proceeding. “Let’s hope our nation’s television airwaves aren’t for sale to politically connected media moguls and disingenuous lawyers who failed to disclose multiple conflicts of interest,” said AAF President Tom Jones in the release. AAF opposed several nominations by President Joe Biden, and paid for a billboard in Las Vegas opposing Sohn, who withdrew from the nomination process this week. The FCC didn’t comment.