Let 'Starks Be Starks,' Copps Says
Former FCC interim Chairman Michael Copps said Geoffrey Starks will find his own way as commissioner once confirmed (see 1806290037). “I’m for letting Starks be Starks, trusting he’ll do fine, and we’ll verify as events develop,” Copps emailed. “It is…
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amusing, though, to read about the need for ‘independent’ commissioners from former transition officials who reportedly thought about deep-sixing the entire independent agency.” Copps is now at Common Cause. Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood accused Republicans of hypocrisy: “People who are complaining about the [Tom] Wheeler FCC being partisan when they were on the losing end of 3-2 decisions seem really happy to take a victory lap in the Trump FCC when the 3-2 decisions go their way instead.”