Pai Slams CIN Study, Worries of Agency 'Redskins' Involvement
FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai used his keynote remarks at a Media Institute dinner Tuesday night to again slam the FCC's long-mothballed Critical Information Needs study. Through the CIN study, the FCC wanted to "grill reporters," Pai said at the Washington…
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event. "The FCC wanted to inject itself into internal disputes." The agency cancelled the CIN study earlier this year following heavy criticism, including from Pai. "This was a big win for the First Amendment," Pai told the dinner guests, drawing applause when he mentioned the cancellation. Pai also referred to the "threat" that has emerged surrounding the NFL team name of the Redskins. Pai called it "disturbing" that some people want the FCC involved in banning the use of the name on the airwaves. The agency would be "squelching debate" to intervene on that count, he said, making clear he was not voicing support or disapproval of the name itself. "No federal agency should cross that line."