The Women’s Media Center urged President Barack Obama to make history and appoint the firstnwoman to chair the FCC. “We're writing to make sure that with all that crosses your desk, you see a piecenof good news,” the group said Friday in a letter to the president (http://bit.ly/Yu372W). “The best qualifiedncandidates to chair the Federal Communications Commission are all women. You will be able makengood policy and good history at the same time. You have the chance to democratize the media with onenkey appointment when you nominate the next Chair of the Federal Communications Commission. We arenwriting to urge you to pick a woman.” The center lists as candidates former Organisation for EconomicnCo-operation and Development Ambassador Karen Kornbluh, current commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Jessica Rosenworcel, and former commissioners Susan Ness and Cathy Sandoval. “While there is noneasy fix to getting women into the top jobs in the telecom and media industries, the government watchdogncan and should be headed by a woman,” the center said.
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