Nawh, they are following the power delegation given to them by congress. They dont have to do fuck all for public comments, other then recieve them, document them, and say "we got feedback but fuck yall we going forward"
That's not true. As a nonpartisan federal agency, the must show how they accounted for public comment and why the choice they made is either in line with the public comments or why it is justified to not be in line.
They have to do more than just accept the comments.
But by allowing all the fake comments, they were able to say "see everyone wants this, what we are doing is in line with the public comments".
Or what?
There's no one enforcing rules in this administration.
They have to pass the crappy rules first so that someone who was harmed can sue them.
Congress can stop them now, and the judicial can stop them after the fact. Congress is corrupt, but thus far the judicial is not.
Still, the courts might help in this case.
Likewise, the executive branch is the one that decides to go after offenders based on profitability over public good (although you could also lay that on the legislative branch for allowing the executive to fund itself using fines in the first place).
http://www.emprata.com/reports/fcc-restoring-internet-freedo...