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Ajit Pai’s “Harlem Shake” video preparations must remain secret, FCC says

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Why is he like this

I think one of the reasons he was picked was because of how unlikable he was.

Facial ticks and twitches, like he's a poker player getting their bluff call even in normal conversation.

An utterly plastic salesman smile as a default.

Doing the wrong things at the wrong time. Memes really aren't something a gov't bureaucrat should make videos of with tax payers money.

Accepting speaker spots at telecommunication conferences. Even while his agency is making new rules for handling them.

I’m with you as much as the media portrays him as a knucklehead with no self-awareness he wouldn’t be anywhere near his station if he didn’t know what he was doing. By constantly using cheap theatrics like the giant Reese’s cup he’s distracting from the fact he’s a Chicago JD and was an editor of a law review who’s also systematically disassembling public protections. He knows exactly what he is doing.

He's a "useful idiot."

The White House is being run like a reality TV show. The news outlets are all fixated on its theatrics-- "you'll never guess who Trump fired this week!" in between meaningless gossip and muckraking affairs with washed-up porn stars. It's a hit parade of scandal.

Neutering net neutrality was a big, dramatic deal that upset a lot of people and drew a lot of attention. Putting this offensive moron out there is just another sideshow that soaked up a lot of energy and made us all feel helpless about the outcome of something many cared about. Like Shkreli's antics, stunts like his get us emotionally invested in hating him because he's baiting and trolling us all the while.

Meanwhile submarines like the CLOUD act get passed with no fanfare. Trade wars with China are begun. Nobody notices, because we're all busy throwing rotten tomatoes at the dancing fool.

I think the current news media should share some of the blame for chasing dollars through emotion way more than journalism.

Shkrelli was a small bit player in that realm. Much larger companies with much more money and power are doing the same thing doing much more damage by sheer volume than Shkrelli. We certainly don't see article after article about that.

He worked for Verizon and he has no technical skills.

What do you expect?

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