Top media watchdog accused of playing dirty to help Trump’s friend

The allegations are explosive: Ajit Pai, President Donald Trump’s hand-picked head of the main U.S. media regulator, has been changing regulations to fuel the expansion of a right-wing, pro-Trump media giant across the U.S. 

If true, the actions would represent nothing less than a major corruption scandal with the goal of pushing pro-Trump media to millions of Americans without them knowing.  

The evidence? Well, it’s been laid out by 13 Democratic senators who are calling for an investigation. They allege that Pai, head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which governs media ownership in the U.S., has changed important rules in order to allow Sinclair Broadcasting—a quiet giant in U.S. media, particularly around local TV—to expand significantly. Read more…

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