Posted on 04/04/2022 4:04:19 PM PDT by Coronal
DirecTV will drop far-right cable news outlet One America News Network on Tuesday, April 4, according to Bloomberg’s Gerry Smith.
The satellite TV cable behemoth said earlier this year that it planned to no longer carry OAN, which was criticized for spreading false information about the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 presidential election, and its general spread of conspiracy theories, once its contract expires. OAN began airing on DirecTV in April 2017.
DirecTV is going through with the move despite Herring Networks Inc., which owns and operates OANN, having sued parent company AT&T on March 7, seeking $1 billion in damages, alleging that the removal of the network from the satellite service was politically inspired and “could be devastating” financially. Court records have shown that about 90% of OAN’s revenue is generated from its AT&T/DirecTV deals.
DirecTV’s decision to drop OAN comes after Reuters revealed last October that parent company AT&T played a significant role in creating OAN and has paid tens of millions of dollars to carry the network on DirecTV.
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How would DirecTV know what is or is not false information about covid?
I hope U-Verse keeps it. We’ll see tomorrow.
Who still carries OAN after this?
Tuesday is April 5, not April 4
Tuesday is April 5
Verizon had OANN but I dumped Verizon so I don’t know any more!!!
I stopped reading when they called OAN “far right”.
Cue the fat lady, OAN is done.
Direct isn’t doing well. Maybe they’re trying to cut costs?
Who really wants to watch them once viable alternatives are available?
I get it on Pluto for free with a fire stick.
Why isn’t MSNBC ever labeled far left?
You gotta own the roots of production if you want to succeed.
Beats me, but now I can start calling them up as a prospective customer and ask them if the carry OANN and when they say no, tell them that’s a deal breaker.
Same way I like to stop at BB&B and ask if they carry MyPillows.
Me too, and Pluto is Paramount/CBS
They’ll be keeping all the homosexual shows though, right?
DirecTV is a badly managed company. They third party everything.
“Why isn’t MSNBC ever labeled far left?”
There is no far left.
There is only East and West Coast Truty, Justice, and the American Way (in their view)
And the evil, vile far right.
I really want front seats at the guillotine festival we’re going to hold for the left in the hopefully near future.
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