… When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.” OAN founder Robert Herring Sr in a 2019 depositionĭallas-based AT&T, a mobile-phone and Internet provider, also owns entertainment giant Warner Media, which includes CNN and HBO. “They told us they wanted a conservative network. Without the DirecTV deal, the accountant said under oath, the network’s value “would be zero.” Herring has testified he was offered $250 million for OAN in 2019. 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. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.” “They only had one, which was Fox News, and they had seven others on the other side.
“They told us they wanted a conservative network,” Herring said during a 2019 deposition seen by Reuters.
OAN founder and chief executive Robert Herring Sr has testified that the inspiration to launch OAN in 2013 came from AT&T executives. 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.Ī 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.
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