TechCrunch has written about the FCCs pre-emptive reaction to the new inspector general report regarding an alleged attack on the FCC comment system last year which the FCC had long alluded to concerning the net neutrality debate. The FCC now admits that the attacks never actually took place, after a report from its inspector general found a lack of evidence supporting the idea. Chairman Ajit Pai immediately turned around and blamed both the previous CIO and ... wait for it ... Obama.
Pai's statement was issued before the OIG publicized its report, as one does when a report is imminent that essentially says your agency has been clueless at best or deliberately untruthful at worst, and for more than a year. To be clear, the report is still unpublished, though its broader conclusions are clear from Pai's statement. In it he slathers Bray with the partisan brush and asserts that the report exonerates his office
TechCrunch is still waiting to hear back from the FCC and its Office of the Inspector General for more information, including the report itself.
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Tuesday August 07 2018, @10:58AM (3 children)
Is there none in Govt to *deliberately* mislead the public?
"Stupid Watergate" . J.O. LOL
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @12:24PM (1 child)
Not anymore. Accountability has been slowly slipping away, only to be replaced by fake outrage against anyone from the other party.
If we do it: But they did it!!
If they do it: See?!? They do it!!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by meustrus on Tuesday August 07 2018, @01:52PM
We only get fake outrage because the politicians that would be actually outraged were voted out of office in the last cycle because they refused to take part in the latest hack of the political process.
This is not intended to be partisan, but a general statement affecting all politicians that should be equally applicable regardless of who is in power. This shit is worse at the primary level anyway.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?
(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:50PM
There is one word that they use for deliberately misleading the public:
Leadership
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @12:15PM (5 children)
Is this related to those weird scars on Obama's head that millions of doctors are trying to ensure aren't released to the public? The ones make it look like he had brain surgery, possibly to have a "hacking chip" installed somewhere in the occipital region? Could this chip possibly be turing complete and thus used to assist in both superhuman teleprompter reading and posting comments to the FCC website?
http://www.mindsetcentral.com/archives/5893 [mindsetcentral.com]
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday August 07 2018, @12:28PM (1 child)
Even the lizard people's mind control chips aren't sharp enough to pull off Barack's patter speed in Q&A sessions. Whatever powers that be have such mind control tech also can implant the devices without visible scarring. I believe Barry is a free agent who rode the killer wave all the way to the beach - part of how you do that is by avoiding the sharks, including the telecomms lobby.
Of course, we've got carrot man off his board and trying to punch the occasional great white in the nose, and he doesn't seem to be going down yet - protected by a partisan legislature really does make a difference.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @12:33PM
Then it must be the Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the Saucer People, under the supervision of the Reverse Vampires.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:34PM (1 child)
Help me out here someone. Is this something Trump supporters actually believe (like QAnon) or a joke about how gullible Trump supporters are (like QAnon)?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:06PM
Why would millions of doctors be needed to hide something thats false? Like einstein said, it only takes one person to disprove a theory.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday August 07 2018, @09:16PM
Wow, that link just dives straight on down the rabbit hole.
Several of the comments start with "I have heard..." which always precedes the most robust evidence, in my experience.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @12:33PM (2 children)
So, who's gonna get fired?
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:02PM
Some random low-level scapegoat who nobody has ever heard of and has no political clout so they can't defend themselves, of course. Haven't you ever worked for an organization that fouled something up?
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 07 2018, @04:37PM
So, who's gonna get fired?
Let's start with Troy Balderson! [cnbc.com]
If you live in Ohio's 12th Congressional District be sure to vote today!
(Score: 3, Funny) by ikanreed on Tuesday August 07 2018, @01:50PM (2 children)
Obama should have seen the future better and put Ajit Pai in jail for unbridled corruption.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday August 07 2018, @01:55PM (1 child)
We can agree on that! Pai should be late-term aborted, IMO. Do you think his mama would regret an abortion this late?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ikanreed on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:12PM
Does pond scum have mothers? Or does it just accumulate on the surface of everything when no one's paying attention?
(Score: 4, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday August 07 2018, @02:48PM
The FCC WAS attacked, after it lied about being attacked!
Attacked by unfair social media and journalists unfairly using actual facts and information.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday August 07 2018, @03:16PM (2 children)
Another day another admission of corruption from the Trump admin.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 07 2018, @05:53PM
Go hop in the recent Trump story and see a crazy person who still doesn't comprehend Trump.
(Score: 4, Funny) by RamiK on Tuesday August 07 2018, @06:23PM
Hard to say. It used to be common practice to enter a congressman' or senator' office with an envelop full of cash to get the ball rolling. As technology improved it became harder to hide evidence and bury investigations which made buying politicians and fixing jobs for friends a dangerous and expensive affair. You can get a feel for it here comparing pre and post Nixon scandals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_scandals_in_the_United_States [wikipedia.org]
IMHO, the fact a millionaire had to risk their own neck and run for office using their own money is proof enough that they couldn't get enough corrupt politicians to do their job for them. Now sure he's trying to do all sorts of corrupt stuff. But as far as what he's actually getting away with, I'd say he's utterly failing. I mean, just think, aside from the stuff the house and congress were eager to sign on and would have passed under Hillary anyhow (tax cuts, more F35s for Lockheed...), everything he tried under his own jurisdiction failed since the other branches kept interfering.
Overall, executive branch wise, this might very well end up being the least corrupt administration in recent times.
So, crossing fingers for another 4 years? :D
compiling...
(Score: 4, Interesting) by DannyB on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:03PM (2 children)
The FCC lied. About feedback on an issue of national importance. Something that affects almost every American, and probably indirectly does affect every American.
Are there any Republicans who care? Will any speak up? Will any say this is, at a minimum, shameful?
Or does truth not matter as long as corporations can screw ordinary people*.
I mean, Republicans are quick to be outraged about Hillary Clinton's global child sex traffcking ring run out of the basement of a pizza shop in DC. So why aren't they as outraged about this? Or maybe they are and I'm just not hearing it?
* by ordinary people, I mean actual humans, not "corporations are people too".
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Tuesday August 07 2018, @07:18PM
Well, you see, when their guys lie, it's a Threat To Civilization. When our guys lie, it's just that OMGOMG! HAVE YOU SEEN THE LATEST TWEET? MOVE ON TO THE LATEST TWEET! WHO CARES ABOUT SOME PROBABLY WASTEFUL AND USELESS GOVERNMENT AGENCY? SQUIRREL !!111!!OneEleven!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 08 2018, @07:08AM
They won't open that can of worms. Next you'll have people demanding evidence for Russian interference in the elections and that will inevitably lead back to the Republicans. Same reason Trump didn't press that Hillary email server issue after a while. Putting a high standard for evidence in accountability tends to come back biting in you in the ass when you're a corporate shill.