Trump FCC Sued for 'Granting Favors to Massive Media Conglomerates like Sinclair"

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"The Pai FCC is a gift to the broadcast industry, as the commission bends over backwards to give favors to massive media conglomerates like Sinclair." -Jessica González.

"This FCC seems intent on looking the other way as people in the U.S. brace for a new wave of media mergers," said Jessica González, deputy director of Free Press, one of the groups behind the suit.

Specifically, González argues that FCC chair Ajit Pai's aggressive deregulatory agenda is encouraging mergers like Sinclair Broadcast Group's proposed takeover of Tribune Media, which would give Sinclair-a company owned by a family of pro-Trump millionaires-control of enough local TV stations to reach 70 percent of American households.

"The Pai FCC is a gift to the broadcast industry, as the commission bends over backwards to give favors to massive media conglomerates like Sinclair," González said.

As Common Dreams reported at the time, the FCC voted along party lines last November to roll back media ownership regulations, a move that advocacy groups warned could ultimately be the death knell of local media.

Last month, the New York Times revealed that Pai is under investigation by the FCC inspector general's office, which is looking into "Whether Mr. Pai and his aides had improperly pushed for the rule changes and whether they had timed them to benefit Sinclair."

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