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DirecTV declines to renew OAN contract

DirecTV has declined to renew its contract with One America News Network (OAN), a far-right outlet favored by former President Trump.

DirecTV, which is owned by AT&T Inc. and TPG Inc., told The Hill they have notified Herring Networks Inc., the owner of OAN, that the contract between network and the service provider will not be renewed.

“We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires,” DirecTV said in a statement.

A person familiar with the matter told Bloomberg the contract will expire in early April.

The end of the contract could dramatically effect the network — DirecTV is its largest distributor. Verizon Fios and smaller carries have maintained OAN, and it is available to stream online through KloudTV.

The outlet has come under fire for allegedly spreading misinformation about the 2020 presidential election. At the end of 2021, two Georgia election workers sued OAN's parent company as well as former President Trump's ex-lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, over claims of voter fraud.

The workers filed a defamation lawsuit in federal court in Washington, D.C alleging that OAN aired false stories claiming that they were plotting to count illicit ballots in an effort to tip the race towards President Biden. These claimed have been disputed by Georgia elections officials.

In addition, Dominion voting systems sued OAN in August, 2021 over statements made about the 2020 election. The company alleged that the network made false statements that Dominion's machines were manipulated to skew votes in favor of President Biden.

OAN has been under fire for some of its content as many have called for TV distributors to drop the network. The NAACP met with AT&T in October to urge them to drop OAN.

"NAACP President Derrick Johnson will be meeting with AT&T leadership tomorrow, October 21st. The meeting will focus on the need for AT&T to drop OAN immediately," the NAACP said.

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/...renew-one-america-news-networks-contract

Sadly, the fastest demise in modern American politics is to turn the corporate overlords against you. When that happens, you are done. Goodnight GOP.

Oddly enough, who owns Direct TV..... AT&T. Who was one of the biggest contributors to the some of the rightest of Right wing nutjobs..... Yup,, AT&T

I have little doubt that one of the reasons they are Dropping OAN is the lawsuits by Dominion Voting Systems. They don't want to be tainted by OAN involvement in the Big Lie.

Speaking of that, I keep wondering what their defense will be against those lawsuites...

Their defense as always will be “This is a witch hunt.”

It’s funny that right wingers don’t even realize that they’re biggest enemies is the free market that they bend over backwards for.

Just the Democrats shutting up people that don't think like they do. Who are the real fascists? Bunch of little Hitlers

Yes, one of the very corporations that helped prop up OAN are now suddenly "democrats". The saddest part in all of this is the possibility you actually believe the things you post.

How AT&T helped build far-right One America News

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/

Once someone begins trying to undermine our own elections maybe it's time you actually think for a minute instead of being led by the nose.

And what was the Trump/McCarthy response to Members of their caucus who voted their conscience?

"don't think like they do" is a VERY generous way of saying it.

I think there was a missed comma in the original post…

“ Just the Democrats shutting up people that don't think, like they do.”

See, it makes sense now.