{"id":50890,"date":"2021-10-06T17:14:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-07T00:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50890"},"modified":"2022-01-15T08:30:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T16:30:30","slug":"trump-fluffing-one-america-news-network-oan-was-created-and-funded-by-att","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=50890","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Fluffing One America News Network (OAN) Was Created and Funded By AT&T"},"content":{"rendered":"

The right-wing media world has been dominated by Fox News for nearly twenty-five years. That remains true today despite the emergence of a couple upstart, and even more extreme, networks, Newsmax and One America News (OAN). However, the newcomers are still too small to present any real threat of competition.<\/p>\n

\"Donald<\/p>\n

Reuters is now reporting that OAN had some help from a prominent media megacorporation. As revealed in court records that were made public, AT&T was an early supporter of OAN, providing the network carriage on its platform when few other cable operators were doing so. According to Reuters<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“A Reuters review of court records shows the role AT&T played in creating and funding OAN, a network that continues to spread conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

“OAN founder and chief executive Robert Herring Sr has testified that the inspiration to launch OAN in 2013 came from AT&T executives.<\/p>\n

\u201c’They told us they wanted a conservative network,’ Herring said during a 2019 deposition seen by Reuters. ‘They only had one, which was Fox News, and they had seven others on the other [leftwing] side. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.’<\/p>\n

“Since then, AT&T has been a crucial source of funds flowing into OAN, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, court records show. Ninety percent of OAN\u2019s revenue came from a contract with AT&T-owned television platforms, including satellite broadcaster DirecTV, according to 2020 sworn testimony by an OAN accountant.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For AT&T to throw its support behind a pseudo-news network that was already dealing in dangerous conspiracy theories and blatantly dishonest propaganda, is a breach of their obligation to the public that comprises its customer universe. If they wanted a “conservative”<\/em> network to compete with Fox News there were other organizations that had track records that more closely resembled the practice of journalism. OAN didn’t even exist when AT&T floated the notion that they would carry its programming.<\/p>\n

That sort of irresponsible collaboration with a deceitful entity devoted to propaganda is particularly appalling for the the corporate parent of WarnerMedia, the owner of CNN (although CNN will soon be spun off in a deal with Discovery Networks). And the story became even more sordid when OAN disclosed that it had promised to \u201ccast a positive light\u201d<\/em> on AT&T during its newscasts. That’s a fatal breach journalistic ethics on the parts of both AT&T and OAN.<\/p>\n

It’s also notable that CNN has been a frequent target of Donald Trump. He regularly referred to them as “fake”<\/em> news and even launched a boycott of AT&T<\/a><\/strong> in an attempt to get them to interfere with CNN’s reporting. Trump once tweeted…<\/p>\n

“After watching [CNN] for a short while, I turned it off. All negative & so much Fake News, very bad for U.S. Big ratings drop. Why doesn\u2019t owner @ATT do something? I believe that if people stoped using or subscribing to @ATT, they would be forced to make big changes at @CNN”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course it would have been totally improper for AT&T to try to force editorial changes at CNN. But Trump, being who he is, wouldn’t know that. However, executives at AT&T should have known and repudiated Trump’s suggestion.<\/p>\n

The question now is whether Trump will forgive AT&T because of their support for his favorite wingnut mouthpiece, OAN. Although it might just confuse him because they still own CNN for now. This is a recipe for a mental meltdown of some sort. Not that Trump needs any new reasons to freak out.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 1\/14\/2022:<\/strong> DirectV, which is majority owned by AT&T, has announced that it will be dropping OAN<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n

“The move will deal a significant blow to the fringe outlet. Not only will OAN be removed from the millions of households that use DirecTV as a television provider, it will also suffer a major hit to its revenue.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The right-wing media world has been dominated by Fox News for nearly twenty-five years. That remains true today despite the emergence of a couple upstart, and even more extreme, networks, Newsmax and One America News (OAN). However, the newcomers are still too small to present any real threat of competition. 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