They don't even try to hide it anymore...

[ElNono]

After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commish becomes Comcast lobbyist

Meredith Attwell Baker, one of the two Republican Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, plans to step down—and right into a top lobbying job at Comcast-NBC.

The news, reported this afternoon by the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and Politico, comes after the hugely controversial merger of Comcast and NBC earlier this year. At the time, Baker objected to FCC attempts to impose conditions on the deal and argued that the "complex and significant transaction" could "bring exciting benefits to consumers that outweigh potential harms."


Full article at the link above.

[clambake]

good article

[EVAY]

After approving NBC buyout, FCC Commish becomes Comcast lobbyist

Meredith Attwell Baker, one of the two Republican Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission, plans to step down—and right into a top lobbying job at Comcast-NBC.

The news, reported this afternoon by the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, and Politico, comes after the hugely controversial merger of Comcast and NBC earlier this year. At the time, Baker objected to FCC attempts to impose conditions on the deal and argued that the "complex and significant transaction" could "bring exciting benefits to consumers that outweigh potential harms."


Has it ever been hidden? It was really clear to me when I was in D.C. working for a private company. If you went to an agency that had anything to do with your industry, one of two things would happen...either the agency representative hated you because you worked for private industry and made more money than the civil servant that regulated you, or they wanted to be your best friend so that you would get them a job in your company when they left government service.


Full article at the link above.

[Spurminator]

Yeah, pretty much everything about this...