Hot Seat: Sohn Grilled on Potential Biases in Nomination Hearing

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Gigi Sohn has been celebrated by her supporters as an advocate for free speech, but some Senate Commerce Republicans are skeptical that she would act as one should she be confirmed as the fifth and final FCC commissioner. During a nomination hearing Wednesday that included Sohn and Alan Davidson, President Biden’s nominee to lead the NTIA, multiple members of Senate Commerce raised concerns about tweets from Sohn criticizing Fox News. She said the comments, which claimed the network has had a negative impact on American democracy, were in relation to a Congressional hearing on Section 230.