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Daily Digest: Walking the Participatory Government Walk
techPresident — ... time at the commission serving as counsel, what makes him a new kind of FCC chair is his background in business and as a venture capitalist with ties to the West Coast. Recent past chairmen -- Kevin Martin, Michael Powell, William Kennard, Reed Hundt -- were regulators with roots as Beltway lawyers. Media advocacy group (and frequent FCC critic) Free Press is pleased. Executive Director Josh Silver says a Genachowski pick would mean "the FCC's compass would point toward the public ...

Obama's Solid Choice For FCC Chair
Open Left - Front Page — ... name him chief technology officer in the Obama administration. The CTO job would not include policy-making authority, the Post reported, prompting Genachowski to accept the FCC chairmanship. There are several things to like about this pick. First, as an advisor to Barack Obama's presidential campaign, Genachowski helped to develop, and / or signed off on, Obama's excellent telecom proposals. Second, the best open media advocacy organization around, Free Press, likes him (more in the extended entry): Josh Silver, executive director of ...

Genachowski to the FCC
Daily Kos — ... Free Press, the media reform organization that's been leading the way on many of these issues, including Net Neutrality, applauds the choice: ...

Mike's Blog Roundup
Crooks and Liars — ... unpaid furlough...Portrait of a Jackass...NOLA newspaper response to Bush's Katrina bullsh*t...2008 Fact or Fiction challenge...Where to stop reading...WaPo logic...The Drudge collapse...A historic edition...WSJ demands Panetta protect torturers...More NYT doubletalk on torture...AP reporter watches his own home destroyed in Gaza...Who knew?  Gaza conflict has two sides...Obama's FCC Chair...International Law not newsworthy...FOX idiots cite"Jack Bauer" in ...