Yves Smith over at Naked Capitalism has the disgusting video of how Ajit Pai, well-known Verizon bootlicker and impending Destroyer of the Internet, cackled and howled at how hilarious his new gig is:
Last week, the FCC held its annual “Telecom Prom”- an affair filled with industry executives and employees. The event has a strict no camera policy, but thanks to an anonymous spy, we have a small window into the mentality of our ruling class, to whom public outcry is nothing more than a giant joke.
Let’s break down the most horrifying moments of Mr. Pai’s 28-minute speech:
Pai jokes that in preparation for this event, he crowd-sourced the joke writing process and received 22 million jokes, 7 million of which were fake submissions by bots. Here Pai is alluding to the enormous number of fake comments submitted to the FCC to drown out the public’s cry in support of continuing net neutrality. (One can assume these bot-driven comments were created by the big telecoms or their allies.)
Ah, yes, the hits just keep on coming ...
The vote is today! You know what to do. Here are the 5 commissioners on the FCC:
Ajit Pai – Ajit.Pai@fcc.gov
Mignon Clyburn – Mignon.Clyburn@fcc.gov
Michael O’Reilly – Mike.OReilly@fcc.gov
Brendan Carr – Brendan.Carr@fcc.gov
Jessica Rosenworcel – Jessica.Rosenworcel@fcc.gov
Thursday, Dec 14, 2017 · 1:29:33 PM +00:00 · westladem
Also see our own Daily Kos diary on Eric Schneiderman’s bombshell revelation that at least 2 million of the comments on the FCC website were completely fraudulent. You can find out here if you too have your very own Russian bot that was used to impersonate you.