![]() When I started looking into One America News Network, I started looking through court filings and I found that according to court filings and sworn statements by Robert and Charles Herring, who are the owners of One America News, that they were speaking with AT&T executives and were considering adding a news station, or perhaps a boxing station. And they emerged as the leading purveyor of conspiracy theories, both about COVID-19 and about the results of the 2020 presidential election.Ĭould you say a little bit more about the AT&T connection? Is it just that AT&T carries this network, or is there something more? It ended up signing a deal with AT&T, which at the time owned – and still does, to some degree – DirecTV – in April 2017, just after Trump was inaugurated. John Shiffman: One America News Network is a television network that started in 2013, but it really didn’t become well-known as a conservative network until 2015 when it started carrying all of speeches and rallies live. Texas Standard: Tell us a little bit about OANN for those who haven’t seen it. This transcript has been edited lightly for clarity: Listen to the interview above or read the transcript below to learn more about how payments from the DirecTV satellite network – formerly part of AT&T – provide most of OANN’s revenue, and how the channel’s owners believe AT&T encouraged OANN’s creation. John Shiffman recently reported for Reuters about OANN, including its ties with AT&T. ![]() The lawsuits are part of a larger campaign of legal action against far-right media channels known for spreading baseless theories, including Trump-favorite Newsmax.According to a new investigation, One America News Network, a far-right TV channel that continues to back false claims about the 2020 election and has promoted ineffective COVID-19 treatments, has received a big boost from Dallas-based telecom and media giant AT&T. OAN is currently being sued by the election machine technology companies Smartmatic and Dominion, which accuse the channel of defaming them in its coverage that suggested the companies helped facilitate election fraud. OAN didn't broadcast President Joe Biden's inauguration in January 2021, and instead aired a pro-Trump segment called "Trump: Legacy of a Patriot." Trump championed the platform, and it continued to spread other right-wing conspiracy theories, including anti-vaccine rhetoric. ![]() OAN, which began in 2013, rose to prominence around the 2020 election when it was one of a few outlets to aggressively support Trump and parrot baseless claims of election fraud. Verizon has over 3 million cable subscribers, and without access to its service the number of homes with OAN available on their television will likely drop to under a million, leaving niche cable providers one of the only remaining ways to watch the channel, according to The New York Times. In reply to the news, OAN host Pearson Sharp lashed out at Verizon during a segment earlier this week, saying the provider was "like many radical, Marxist organizations" that's "more interested in discriminating against independent voices than being a diversity leader." OAN, which is based in San Diego and owned by Herring Networks, will no longer be watchable on Verizon/Fios TV after July 30. Verizon announced OAN's termination in a content update on its website, saying it was "unable to reach an agreement to continue carrying One America News (OAN)" but did not provide other details. OAN losing access to Verizon's Fios' television services could be a severe, even deadening knock to the far-right channel that was one of the largest and most influential promoters of the false claim that Trump was cheated out of victory in the 2020 presidential election. Following AT&T's DirecTV dropping OAN earlier this year, this removal could mean OAN's viewership dwindles dramatically without any other large provider. Verizon announced that it's dropping pro-Trump channel One America News (OAN) from its services at the end of this week.
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