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One America News, the far-right network whose fortunes and viewership rose amid the triumph and tumult of the Trump administration, has flourished with support from a surprising source: AT&T Inc, the world's largest communications company.
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.
OAN founder and chief executive Robert Herring Sr has testified that the inspiration to launch OAN in 2013 came from AT&T executives.
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.
more: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/
JohnSJ
(91,937 posts)right wing
Liberal In Texas
(13,452 posts)for our internet service and cell phones. Problem has been that they have such an almost monopolistic stranglehold around here it's hard to find alternatives that don't suck.
I will be letting them know when I bail on them why I'm doing it. I can't stand the Russian backed OAN.