Mark Lloyd: FCC Chief Diversity Officer — And a Liar, Too

On December 15 in a speech for the Media Access Project, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd claimed to refute numerous what he called “exaggerations and distortions” of a wide range of his thoughts, positions and policy prescriptions from what he called a “right-wing smear campaign.”  What Lloyd did was offer numerous falsehoods and denials about things that are undeniably true.

Just some of his many misrepresentations:

• LLOYD LIE: That the “right-wing smear campaign” was “distorting my views about the First Amendment.”

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Tags: conference on media reform, FCC, FCC Diversity Czar, Federal Communications Commission, Hugo Chavez
Posted Dec 23rd 2009 at 10:08 am in Culture, Media Criticism, News, Obama | 5132671 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/bbozell/2009/12/23/mark-lloyd-fcc-chief-diversity-officer-and-a-liar-too/Mark+Lloyd%3A+FCC+Chief+Diversity+Officer+--+And+a+Liar%2C+Too2009-12-23+18%3A08%3A15Brent+Bozell+III

Net Neutrality Fight Causing New Rifts On the Left

In the wake of reports that the Obama administration may be inching away from a national broadband policy that encompasses strong net neutrality provisions, observers of the ongoing net neutrality debate say that a major rift may be developing between big-name groups on the left.

On one side are public interest groups including the Media Access Project, Free Press, Consumers Union and the New America Foundation.  On the other are several high-profile African-American groups including the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women, The National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials and the National Association of Black County Officials.

According to National Journal, the public interest groups wrote to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski last week to express concern regarding recent statements made by an FCC official that were less than enthusiastically favorable toward net neutrality.  The groups were evidently seeking Genachowski’s assurance that the FCC was not “pre-judging” the outcome of its rulemaking process with regard to the net neutrality issue.

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Posted Nov 16th 2009 at 10:10 am in Politics, Technology | 3168684 Commentshttp://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2009/11/16/net-neutrality-fight-causing-new-rifts-on-the-left/Net+Neutrality+Fight+Causing+New+Rifts+On+the+Left2009-11-16+17%3A10%3A46Capitol++Confidential