Free Press took its objections to closed-door meetings at the FCC to discuss key broadband issues to the readers of The Washington Post, running a full-page ad in the paper Wednesday. The group has been generally supportive of FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski in the past. Public interest group officials told us they are unhappy they are not at the table as a possible deal is discussed at the agency. "It looks like yet another federal agency is catering to big business behind closed doors and ignoring the American public," said Free Press President Josh Silver. "It's inexcusable that the FCC is brokering backroom deals with industry lobbyists, while pretending to run a transparent process. After the financial crisis and the oil spill, you would think the Obama administration would have learned a lesson. But we won't stand by and watch the Internet go the way of Wall Street and the Gulf of Mexico."
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