https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211110/15310247917/rupert-murdoch-spreads-false-claim-biden-fcc-nom-wants-to-censor-conservatives-newsmax-oan-immediately-prove-him-wrong.shtml

We'd already noted how telecom and media giants are hard at work trying to scuttle the nomination of consumer advocate Gigi Sohn to the FCC. Sohn is broadly popular on both sides of the aisle in telecom and media circles, so companies like AT&T and News Corporation are working overtime to come up with talking points politicians can use to oppose her nomination. This week, that included prodding Lindsey Graham to frame Sohn (who has decades of telecom policy experience) as an unqualified radical extremist looking to censor conservatives:

— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) November 9, 2021