What in particular prompted this?
Seems the little, third hand info I found is that this is over reclaiming part of the bandwidth spectrum that Sirius owns but is going unused?
He was talking about how the FCC was blocking Sirius and FX from merging.
Don't forget the FCC also has a guy named Mark Llloyd in charge of "diversity" and who praised Chavez for his "democratic" revolution. He also knocked the media owners who he says tried to block Chavez.
President Obama's diversity czar at the Federal Communications Commission has spoken publicly of getting white media executives to "step down" in favor of minorities, prescribed policies to make liberal talk radio more successful, and described Hugo Chavez's rise to power in Venezuela "an incredible revolution."
"The property owners and the folks who then controlled the media in Venezuela rebelled - worked, frankly, with folks here in the U.S. government - worked to oust him," Mr. Lloyd said. "But he came back with another revolution, and then Chavez began to take very seriously the media in his country."
At another conference, Mr. Lloyd spoke about the need to remove white people from powerful positions in the media to give minorities a fairer chance.
"There's nothing more difficult than this because we have really truly, good, white people in important positions, and the fact of the matter is that there are a limited number of those positions," he said.
"And unless we are conscious of the need to have more people of color, gays, other people in those positions, we will not change the problem. But we're in a position where you have to say who is going to step down so someone else can have power."
He added: "There are few things, I think, more frightening in the American mind than dark-skinned black men. Here I am."
Mr. Genachowski said Mr. Walden's worries were misplaced. "Mark Lloyd is not working on these issues," Mr. Genachowski said. "He's not working on Fairness Doctrine issues. He's not working on censorship issues. He's ... working on opportunity issues, primarily now on broadband adoption, focusing on making sure that broadband is available to all Americans
When asked for a clarification of Mr. Lloyd's role at the FCC, a spokesman provided a letter that was written by Mr. Genachowski on Aug. 23 to Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Iowa Republican.
The chairman said Mr. Lloyd's responsibilities were to help promote diversity of voices and "enhance opportunities for women, minorities and small businesses to participate in the communications marketplace, including the FCC's auction and licensing requirements."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/23/diversity-czar-takes-heat-over-remarks/
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