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Reed Hundt, Former Chair, Federal Communications Commission
Can the Internet Save the Republic? Or will Television Kill it First?
"Blogs, email, web sites are all proliferating as instruments of political discourse; meanwhile, candidates and campaigns are somehow no more real than Reality TV. What will it take to make democracy meaningful to Americans; what will it take to save our republican form of government?"
Reed Hundt was named Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Clinton and was sworn in by Vice President Gore on November 29, 1993, a position he held until November 1997.
Former Chairman Hundt is a graduate of Yale College (1969) and Yale Law School (1974), where he was a member of the board of the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for the late Chief Judge Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and California bars.
Before becoming Chairman of the FCC, Hundt was a partner in the Washington office of Latham & Watkins, a national and international law firm. His work included legal and regulatory issues in emerging technologies, such as cellular telephones, direct broadcast satellite, and interactive television.
As Chairman of the FCC, Hundt was guided by two principles: first, that the FCC should make decisions based on the public interest and second, that the FCC should write fair rules of competition for the communications sector. In his first two years as Chairman, he was recognized for his leadership on issues ranging from spectrum auctions to children's education and programming to access for people with disabilities.
Can the Internet Save the Republic? Or will Television Kill it First?
"Blogs, email, web sites are all proliferating as instruments of political discourse; meanwhile, candidates and campaigns are somehow no more real than Reality TV. What will it take to make democracy meaningful to Americans; what will it take to save our republican form of government?"
Reed Hundt was named Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission by President Clinton and was sworn in by Vice President Gore on November 29, 1993, a position he held until November 1997.
Former Chairman Hundt is a graduate of Yale College (1969) and Yale Law School (1974), where he was a member of the board of the Yale Law Journal. He clerked for the late Chief Judge Harrison L. Winter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and is a member of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and California bars.
Before becoming Chairman of the FCC, Hundt was a partner in the Washington office of Latham & Watkins, a national and international law firm. His work included legal and regulatory issues in emerging technologies, such as cellular telephones, direct broadcast satellite, and interactive television.
As Chairman of the FCC, Hundt was guided by two principles: first, that the FCC should make decisions based on the public interest and second, that the FCC should write fair rules of competition for the communications sector. In his first two years as Chairman, he was recognized for his leadership on issues ranging from spectrum auctions to children's education and programming to access for people with disabilities.
October 4, 2006