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The real question who signed it?

by KumaBear 1y ago

afavour 1y ago
OANN.
- jimt1234 1y ago
  Wasn't OANN started by AT&T as a way to push propaganda favoring the corporation-friendly tax package in Trump's first term?
  - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
    > Wasn't OANN started by AT&T as a way to push propaganda favoring the corporation-friendly tax package in Trump's first term? "AT&T has been a crucial source of funds flowing into OAN, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue," while "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" [1]. That said, there is no evidence this was done "to push propaganda favoring the corporation-friendly tax package in Trump's first term.” Simpler: they chased Fox, Newsmax et al's dollars. [1] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-onea...
  - orochimaaru 1y ago
    As an FCC regulated company AT&T is obligated to not discriminate in signing contracts. So AT&T (or the erstwhile DirecTV) cannot refuse OANN. It wasn’t started by AT&T.
- platevoltage 1y ago
  OANN might as well be a high school newspaper at this point.
  - mulmen 1y ago
    Hey I was on the staff of my high school newspaper and we took our journalism very seriously.
    - platevoltage 1y ago
      haha I have no doubt. I was mostly speaking about distribution, not quality. I'm sure a middle school newspaper would have more journalistic integrity than OANN.
      - deleted 1y ago
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  - dragonwriter 1y ago
    It might as well be an official propaganda arm of the dominant faction in the increasingly authoritarian regime of the most powerful nation on the planet, which is a bit more significant than a high school paper.
    - platevoltage 1y ago
      I mean, that was hyperbole, but OANN isn’t even available on Comcast as far as I’m aware. I would LOVE it if this was the Republican party’s main propaganda arm.
      - dragonwriter 1y ago
        Well, I said “an”, not “the main” for a reason, but OAN is: (1) after having been dropped form all major cable and satellite carriers, coming back since Trump came to power (picked up by Spectrum earlier this year, and given the administration openly favoring them and using licensing pressure to shape carrier decisions, that seems likely to spread) [0], and (2) under the Trump Administration, the source of news coverage for the literal government media (Voice of America.) [1] [0] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/herring-networks-announces-multi-year-content-carriage-agreement-with-spectrum-302454759.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/herring-networks-an... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/voice-america-one-america-news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/voice-americ...

The real question who signed it?

afavour 1y ago

OANN.

jimt1234 1y ago
Wasn't OANN started by AT&T as a way to push propaganda favoring the corporation-friendly tax package in Trump's first term?
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  > Wasn't OANN started by AT&T as a way to push propaganda favoring the corporation-friendly tax package in Trump's first term? "AT&T has been a crucial source of funds flowing into OAN, providing tens of millions of dollars in revenue," while "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" [1]. That said, there is no evidence this was done "to push propaganda favoring the corporation-friendly tax package in Trump's first term.” Simpler: they chased Fox, Newsmax et al's dollars. [1] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-oneamerica-att/ https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-onea...
- orochimaaru 1y ago
  As an FCC regulated company AT&T is obligated to not discriminate in signing contracts. So AT&T (or the erstwhile DirecTV) cannot refuse OANN. It wasn’t started by AT&T.
platevoltage 1y ago
OANN might as well be a high school newspaper at this point.
- mulmen 1y ago
  Hey I was on the staff of my high school newspaper and we took our journalism very seriously.
  - platevoltage 1y ago
    haha I have no doubt. I was mostly speaking about distribution, not quality. I'm sure a middle school newspaper would have more journalistic integrity than OANN.
    - deleted 1y ago
      [deleted]
- dragonwriter 1y ago
  It might as well be an official propaganda arm of the dominant faction in the increasingly authoritarian regime of the most powerful nation on the planet, which is a bit more significant than a high school paper.
  - platevoltage 1y ago
    I mean, that was hyperbole, but OANN isn’t even available on Comcast as far as I’m aware. I would LOVE it if this was the Republican party’s main propaganda arm.
    - dragonwriter 1y ago
      Well, I said “an”, not “the main” for a reason, but OAN is: (1) after having been dropped form all major cable and satellite carriers, coming back since Trump came to power (picked up by Spectrum earlier this year, and given the administration openly favoring them and using licensing pressure to shape carrier decisions, that seems likely to spread) [0], and (2) under the Trump Administration, the source of news coverage for the literal government media (Voice of America.) [1] [0] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/herring-networks-announces-multi-year-content-carriage-agreement-with-spectrum-302454759.html https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/herring-networks-an... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/voice-america-one-america-news https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/voice-americ...