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OAN Stars Bolt for Newsmax as Pro-Trump Network Reaches New Levels of Bonkers
Yahoo News ^ | 5/18/22 | Justin Baragona, Diana Falzone

Posted on 05/24/2021 3:00:59 PM PDT by Mozilla

As the two fringe cable TV outlets battle for former President Donald Trump’s affections, several high-profile One America News staffers have jumped ship to Newsmax—not just in pursuit of a larger audience, insiders said, but also as a respite from OAN’s increasing extremism.

Already known for its cartoonishly bonkers MAGA propagandizing, OAN in recent months has veered even further into unhinged right-wing territory. And Newsmax—which is often just as obsequiously pro-Trump in its commentary—has pulled back on its wildest election conspiracy theories while hoovering up some of OAN’s top on-air talent: news anchor Alex Salvi, correspondent Jenn Pellegrino, and reporter Amanda Brilhante. Those moves followed Newsmax poaching OAN’s White House correspondent Emerald Robinson last year.

Pellegrino, who served as a White House correspondent and on-air host for OAN, abruptly left the far-right channel earlier this month, only for Newsmax to announce her debut as co-anchor of a 9 p.m. ET program called Cortes and Pellegrino, co-hosted by former Trump campaign senior adviser Steve Cortes.

In late March, meanwhile, Salvi—one of OAN’s rare “straight news” anchors—revealed during his media-focused show After Hours that he was exiting the network after hosting since 2019. A few weeks later, Salvi quietly showed up on Newsmax, revealing his new role as a Rome-based foreign correspondent with the network. Brilhante, who’d been with OAN since graduating college in 2017, was hired away in February to be Newsmax’s breaking news reporter.

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To: Mozilla

I was watching OANN the other day when someone came on the air to expose Chris Ruddy as a true left-wing fan of the Clintons, Obamas, etc. He really seemed to want everyone to understand how Newsmax was not the source for news that conservatives thought.


61 posted on 05/25/2021 4:06:50 AM PDT by JudyinCanada (Aim low, avoid disappointment.)
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To: newfreep

Sorry I don’t know what you’re talking about. You were the one who said they all wore wigs not me. And I said maybe it’s the hair extensions and you said something I can’t understand. But that’s OK I’m done


62 posted on 05/25/2021 6:39:52 AM PDT by tinamina
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OAN’s increasing extremism

I guess Yahoo doesn't cover the MSN and their 24/7 corrupt lies and Leftist activism.

63 posted on 05/25/2021 6:44:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (Let's make crime illegal again!)
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To: Mozilla

So says Yahoo “News”.


64 posted on 05/25/2021 6:45:14 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Mozilla

One of the authors, Justin Baragona. One flashback on this guy…. Daily Beast editor Justin Baragona has apologized for accusing Fox News host Tucker Carlson of adding “googly eyes” to a photo of progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The wide-eyed stare, it turned out, was all her own.

65 posted on 05/25/2021 6:45:35 AM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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