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February 03, 2006
FCC Meeting In Keller? Start The Conflict-Of-Interest Train Rolling
Not sure what to make of the FCC's decision to hold its next open meeting in Keller, Texas, home of Verizon's FiOS rollout.
Maybe FCC chairman Kevin Martin is jealous of TV Network news anchors, who get to jet around the globe to cover the story? Sure, I understand -- the meeting is supposed to be about video franchising, so why not stage it in an area that's breaking new ground. But by placing it so clearly in an area made famous by Verizon marketing seems to smack of payback. Wonder how Kyle feels about this move? Think he's invited?
Let's just hope Martin and the other commissioners are taking commercial flights to Keller, and not fighting for the shotgun seat on Verizon's corporate jet. You wouldn't want more conflicts of interest than those already reached by moving the meeting to Keller.
What's next? FCC commissioners showing how much bandwidth Google takes up by holding a meeting in Ed Whitacre's office? No, that would probably take up too much space on AT&T's pipes.
Posted by paul at February 3, 2006 02:54 PM