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<\/a><\/center>When I first learned that President Obama had nominated the former president of CTIA<\/a> and the\u00a0National Cable Television Association to be the next chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, my stomach turned: If there’s one thing that this country doesn’t need, it’s yet another former lobbyist appointed to a high position in the United States federal government.\u00a0But after my initial gag reflex wore off, I found myself intrigued by the reaction from many activists whom I’d expected to slam the pick \u2014 Public Knowledge CEO\u00a0Gigi Sohn, for instance, said that Wheeler was likely to champion “strong open Internet requirements, robust broadband competition, affordable broadband access for all Americans, diversity of voices and serious consumer protections, all backed by vigorous agency enforcement.” And\u00a0Ars Technica<\/em>\u00a0notes<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Cardozo School of Law professor Susan Crawford, who has\u00a0long been a fierce critic of the cable industry<\/a>, has also endorsed the nomination.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/boygeniusreport.wordpress.com\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" "\\"More...\\""){kind=spacer}
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