Comcast trying to “torpedo” Biden FCC pick Gigi Sohn, advocacy group says

Comcast's hiring of a new lobbyist is part of an attempt to "torpedo" President Joe Biden's nomination of Gigi Sohn [Senior Fellow and Public Advocate at the Benton Institute for Broadband & Society] to the Federal Communications Commission, according to advocacy group Free Press. "Comcast just hired a lobbying firm to try to torpedo Gigi Sohn's nomination to the FCC," said Free Press. "The company clearly knows that Sohn will work for people, not corporations." The organization also asked people to call Commerce Committee Chair Sen Maria Cantwell (D–WA) to urge a vote on Sohn's nomination by the end of January. Comcast's newly hired lobbyist is Kirk Adams of Consilium Consulting in Phoenix (AZ). Adams' lobbying disclosure, which was filed with Congress on January 6, lists one specific lobbying issue that he expects to work on: "FCC nominations." An amended version of the lobbying registration filed about 11 hours later deleted "FCC Nominations" and replaced it with "telecommunications policy."