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The Denver Post today urged a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to get its mind off of "buttocks" and onto more serious issues like Net Neutrality.

The editorial board was referring to a case now before the U.S. Court of Appeals, in which the agency's top legal minds are trying to determine the appropriate definition for the human posterior to better guide efforts to fine ABC for a few errant cheeks featured on a 2003 episode of NYPD Blue.

"This is the place to which the FCC under the Bush administration has brought us," they write. "We are hopeful that Barack Obama will appoint a new FCC chair with a moderate sensibility and a healthier respect for constitutional issues."

Obama is expected to appoint a new FCC chair at any moment. While there's been a flurry of speculation over the Obama's team choice, no clear name has emerged from the pack.

Whomever is chosen for the job of top media regulator will face more heady concerns than indecency. In the coming years, we expect to see new rules protecting Net Neutrality, reversing runaway media consolidation and stopping pay-for-play news and propaganda.

Thousands of people have already identified these as among their priorities for the new Commission, according to an online poll posted on Tuesday.

According to the latest count, these are voters' top four priorities:

• Protect an open Internet by enforcing Net Neutrality
• Break up media conglomerates and return stations to local control
• Stop propaganda, fake news and radio payola
• Open more public airwaves to high-speed Internet access

The good news is that the incoming Obama administration's tech and Internet agenda echoes the public's wish-list. In fact, protecting Net Neutrality is number one on Obama's list of tech to-dos.

To help the new administration navigate the political minefield between campaign promises and legislative reality, Free Press' policy shop just released a presidential road map for media reform.

"Leadership on [Net Neutrality] will settle the question of the future of the open Internet, ending several years of rancorous fighting that pit consumer advocates and tech companies against network owners," according to Free Press. "The Obama administration should move swiftly to put Net Neutrality into the law as a cornerstone of 21st century telecommunications policy."

As for the current FCC's obsession with the occasional flash of indecency, it's time to turn the other cheek and get to more important work ahead.

By Timothy Karr, Campaign Director, Free Press. Visit the blog maintained by Timothy Karr here.

Related topics: Access Providers, Broadband, Net Neutrality, Policy & Regulation, Telecom