Reed Hundt
Reed Hundt
Reed E. Hundtis probably best known as the chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. Appointed by President Bill Clinton, he served for most of Clinton's first term. He was succeeded by William Kennard. Hundt is the CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital and a senior advisor to GTCR, a private equity firm. He is on the board of a number of technology companies, including Intel Corp., and the Connecticut Green Bank. Most...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth3 March 1948
CountryUnited States of America
The New Orleans calamity proved overwhelmingly the government's inability to solve chronic, fundamental problems with communications. No one in the government has shown leadership on this issue, and now the results are tragic.
The reverberations at first will be subterranean, but they will be of earthquake proportions.
They are not selling the crown jewels of WorldCom, just some cubic zirconium from MCI.
We still don't have to do this if broadcasters turn down the bags of bucks. A failure of broadcasters to reaffirm the voluntary ban is likely to lead to an outcry that would justify a notice of inquiry.
Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates.
Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.