OAN Finally Admits 'No Widespread Voter Fraud' After Settling Defamation Suit

[TomCADem]

Source: The Daily Beast

The right-wing cable network One America News Network on Monday ran a pre-recorded 30-second segment acknowledging that there was “no widespread voter fraud” by Georgia election workers in the 2020 presidential election. The segment appears to be part of a recent settlement relating to a defamation lawsuit brought against the network by two such workers.

The segment notes that an investigation by state officials into unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud made by ex-President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani turned up nothing. “The results of this investigation indicate that Ruby Freeman and Wandrea ‘Shaye’ Moss did not engage in ballot fraud or criminal misconduct,” a narrator states.

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Freeman and her daughter, Moss, say they were harassed online and in person after baseless rumors began circulating online, due in part to content published by the conspiracy website The Gateway Pundit, which the pair also sued. In January 2021, when Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to try to “find” votes to overturn the state’s election results, he mentioned Freeman’s name 18 times. Freeman was also visited by a publicist for Kanye West, who threatened her in an effort to extract a confession about committing election fraud.

And if that weren’t enough, video of the pair doing their jobs was hyped up by Rudy Giuliani—and Sean Hannity—who falsely claimed that it showed “blatant, clear, obvious” fraud. While speaking to Georgia State House Republicans about the video during a Zoom meeting in December 2020, Giuliani at one point can be heard saying, “We should try to get this on Newsmax and OANN.”

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oan-finally-admits-no-widespread-voter-fraud-after-settling-defamation-suit/ar-AAX5IvD?cvid=62091c761149490bb97e1f723ca792b8

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Buncha liars who don't give shit about Democracy. nt

[captain queeg]

2. They need to force TFG to make a public statement that there was no wide spread fraud

That at a minimum, many more lies connected.

[tishaLA]

3. I hope those women got a substantial financial settlement

repub thugs threatened their lives, they were forced to leave their homes for their safety, and their worlds were turned upside down because of the lies OAN and FNC disseminated.

[Achilleaze]

4. Sad when a Republican propaganda outlet is forced to tell the truth

tells a lot

[oldsoftie]

5. Good; but should've been more like what Fox aired. More like a report.

Can't wait to see my friends who always scream about "mainstream media lies' talk about THIS.

[moose65]

6. I wonder...

How many times are they required to run this 30-second spot? And when do they run it - at 3 am?? Most of their viewers will probably never see it.

[MissMillie]

7. Unfortunately, it doesn't matter how many times they see it

They don't believe it. They see it as an admission made "under duress."

(Yeah, they're actually saying this over at the site w/ the RWNJs. I checked. Now excuse me, I must go shower.)

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. This is a weak/non-apology

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