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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.