The FCC can't enforce press-statement principles without adopting official rules, and those rules must be based on the legal theory of reclassification.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
For those broadcasters who are less than responsible, the FCC needs to have sharper teeth to enforce the law.
The significant regulatory impact of reclassifying broadband services is not something that should be taken lightly and should not be done without additional direction from Congress.
The FCC should obviously not propose bad rules that will be struck down; it should propose good rules that will be upheld.
I'm not a big fan of regulation: anyone who likes freedom of the press can't be.
Inserting the FCC into our states' economic and fiscal affairs sets a dangerous precedent and violates state sovereignty in a manner that warrants deeper examination.
There is just one exception to the FCC's no-throttling rule - if a company can prove that throttling is 'reasonable network management.'
Do we really want the FCC to conduct investigations and issue warnings to radio talk show hosts nationwide who simply discuss the important issues of our time? The Constitution says 'freedom of speech,' not 'freedom of government-approved fair speech in rationed amounts.'
Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call 'ground rules,' placing restrictions on what can and cannot be reported.
My legislation provides that Net Neutrality rules would have 'no force or effect' and prohibits similar rules from being published or re-issued.
The Open Internet principles were not legal rules adopted by the FCC; they were effectively a press statement posted on the FCC website.