Colorado Springs Independent, May 26, 2011
By Jim Hightower

Meredith Baker is hardly a household name, but if you have cable television, her work might soon be entering your household. That's because she is one of four members of the FCC who voted in January to approve Comcast's takeover of NBC. Four months later, a hicky has popped up on Baker's vote. It turns out that she's now leaving the FCC, and guess where she's going. Yes, to the Washington office of the newly merged Comcast-NBC behemoth, where she'll work as a highly paid lobbyist.

Read the whole story here

Free Press is a national, nonpartisan organization working to reform the media. Free Press does not support or oppose any candidate for public office. Through education, organizing and advocacy, we promote diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media and universal access to communications.

This article is copyrighted material, the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We are making such material available in our efforts to advance understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic, democracy, scientific, and social justice issues, etc. We believe this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml. If you wish to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain permission from the copyright owner.