Ajit Pai Under Investigation Over Sinclair

The Inspector General of the FCC wants to know if its Chairman, Ajit Pai, improperly pushed through rules to benefit the Sinclair Broadcast Group. The NYT reports that the investigation comes after Pai led the charge to approve rules allowing television broadcasters to greatly increase the number of stations they own. The rules change then allowed Sinclair to announce a $3.9 billion deal to buy Tribune Media. Congressmen Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Frank Pallone (D-NJ) had sent a letter in November saying that Pai’s regulatory moves “when taken in context with reported meetings between the Trump Administration, Sinclair, and Chairman Pai’s office – have raised serious concerns.” Read more here.