Special Report: How AT&T helped build far-right One America News
Source: Reuters
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.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/how-att-helped-build-far-right-one-america-news-2021-10-06/
Carlitos Brigante
(26,501 posts)KPN
(15,645 posts)I can't give my business to AT&T knowing this. I already had reservations about them, but this settles it for me. Putting it on my "To Do" list right now. It'll most likely cost me, but that's a cost I can accept.
Does anyone have any insight into cell service providers that align best with Democratic values?
KS Toronado
(17,235 posts)Even talked me into it several months back, check them out.
Pinback
(12,155 posts)How to Determine Which Carrier a TracFone Uses (Techwalla, Sept. 2019):
https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-to-determine-which-carrier-a-tracfone-uses
Even though this article is a couple of years old, the information should still be valid.
Pinback
(12,155 posts)Seeing the ratings requires a membership, but you may be able to view them if your local public library membership provides access (mine does):
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/telecom-services.htm
You can read their Telecom Services Buying Guide (last updated Sept. 17, 2021) without a membership:
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/telecom-services/buying-guide/index.htm
love_katz
(2,579 posts)It may not be the cheapest, but they actively support progressive organizations and causes. I have had good luck with their service.
KS Toronado
(17,235 posts)and will do whatever it takes to put reQublicOns back in power.
Ford_Prefect
(7,897 posts)just like Koch, Mercer, et al.
They have a plan for America and it has nothing to do with your phone.
KS Toronado
(17,235 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,897 posts)They have a plan for our future which is more white and old testament than is good for us. They imagine themselves to be God's chosen by virtue of their vast wealth. Hence they are the natural aristocracy of the new world and may decree how other lesser mortals must behave.
Personally I favor serving the ultra-rich in a white wine sauce with shallots and a side of fries. But each to their own...
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,816 posts)...and a nice Chianti.
Ford_Prefect
(7,897 posts)oldsoftie
(12,536 posts)the HORROR! OAN taking cash from the libruls
KPN
(15,645 posts)oldsoftie
(12,536 posts)AT&T is viewed as a liberal company; not to mention they own the evil CNN!
KPN
(15,645 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)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.
Champp
(2,114 posts)There are no leftwing networks. It's a complete fugging Republican fantasy lie. As usual.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)they'd be burned to the ground within a month.
onenote
(42,703 posts)with Fox.
oldsoftie
(12,536 posts)They said "the other side" which doesnt mean "left wing" to me.
DFW
(54,378 posts)But his spirit still rules there
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)czarjak
(11,274 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,147 posts)ATT is the worst.
Really upset when I read about this on HuffPost; they are not just supporting it but were involved in setting it up. Its basically a Russian propaganda outlet being funded by an American company. Being supported by Direct TV (although it is also on Verizon Fios) which is owned by AT&T although the satellite service was supposedly spun off. Also own CNN which explains some of the hysteria about Biden on that channel, which keeps dragging people like Christie and Sanctorum on for "Balance". Really time to get off cable. I just bought some AT&T landline phones, unfortunately too late to return them or I would.
Judi Lynn
(160,530 posts)Didn't his father have enough money to send someone to school in his name, so he could get credit, like the Walmart (Walton) granddaughter?
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