Why did President Obama appoint Tom Wheeler to head the FCC?

[Armstead]

103. It's the extent and a matter of balance

I am not suggesting that industry should not be represented at all. But the balance is very top heavy in that direction, rather than a balance or tilt in the direction of the larger public interest.

At the moment in this specific issue, for example, the chair of the FCC is a former member of the industry and a major lobbyist and industry representative. Tht's just who he is. He ight be a very nice man, but that is his filter.

Obama also appointed a lawyer who represented GE and Comcast in the sale of NBC to head the justice department anti-trust division, which will be ruling on the Comcast Warner merger.

PERHAPS that is a coincidence. But when you look at this particular issue and the forces involved, there are too many potential red flags and conflicts of interest to gloss over.

And in a bigger picture, when you look at the same tendency in other sectors, it is bothersome. At least worth questioning.