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

[CousinIT]

Yea "whoopdedoo they all do it big deal is this supposed to be news?"

It's nice to have DATA, FACTS and confirmation though.

I use CREDO for wireless. Wonder what their background would show?

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

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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.”

Since then, AT&T has been a crucial source of funds flowing into OAN, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue, court records show. Ninety percent of OAN’s revenue came from a contract with AT&T-owned television platforms, including satellite broadcaster DirecTV, according to 2020 sworn testimony by an OAN accountant.

Herring has testified he was offered $250 million for OAN in 2019. Without the DirecTV deal, the accountant said under oath, the network’s value “would be zero.”

[underpants]

1. 7 left wing networks??

Three networks (left wing?) CNN (left wing?) MSNBC (give ya that one) aaand…..
Newsy? Cheddar!

[Diamond_Dog]

3. What strikes me here

Is that AT&T executives wanted a”conservative” network, according to Hering.

So a “conservative “ network equals perpetuating of lies, conspiracies, and misinformation? Apparently this is what “conservatism” is all about now.

[CrispyQ]

4. Apparently, the big corporations have decided they will make just as much money under fascism

as in a democracy. Recalling how many have reneged on their claim to not support candidates who won't speak out against the insurrectionists or candidates to who won't admit Biden won.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. now i know why my phone bill is so high and the service crappy

note : the current at and t is a brand of sbc once a baby bell that joined back together with other baby bells . not the origial at and t.
the original at and t was formed by bell himself and other investers to push landline developement past denver co. the signals would drop oout completly and that is why we have at and t. att bad really bad . id drop them if there was another option for land lines in my county and the ll would stay on during power outs . but this is bad . humbug.

[budkin]

6. This makes me ill to be an ATT customer

Might look into alternatives soon.

[Kid Berwyn]

7. Must reinforce the self-loathing.

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

[FelineOverlord]

8. #BoycottATT is now trending

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[CousinIT]

9. Good. Let the white-hot light of awareness burn these assholes.

May be wishful thinking but this DOES deserve some attention. Happy to know it's getting some.

[CousinIT]

10. AT&T lobbied hard for Trump's tax cuts and got $21 billion to "create tens of thousands of jobs."

AT&T lobbied hard for Trump's tax cuts and got $21 billion to "create tens of thousands of jobs."

Then it cut 42,000 jobs, gave investors $44 billion in dividends and gave its ex-CEO a $64 million pension.

All the while, it provided 90% of OAN's revenue

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