President Robert Herring uncovered associations in 2019 court statement
How AT&T assumed a significant part in making and financing the moderate news network One American News (OAN).
The report subtleties how the media communications monster helped made OAN on the grounds that they supposedly needed a “conservative network,” as per OAN organizer and CEO Robert Herring Sr.
“They told us they wanted a conservative network,” Herring affirmed in court. “They only had one, and they had seven others on the other leftwing side. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.”
The court declaration was concerning a previous OAN worker who recorded a work claim against the organization. Among the individuals who affirmed was an OAN bookkeeper who said that AT&T gives the vast majority of OAN’s income and if AT&T had not purchased DirectTV in 2015, OAN’s worth “would be zero.”
AT&T representative Jim Greer denied to remark on the connection among OAN and AT&T yet said the organization hopes to give an assorted assortment of content for clients.
“We have always sought to provide a wide variety of content and programming that would be of interest to customers, and do not dictate or control programming on channels we carry,” Greer said. “Any suggestion otherwise is wrong.”
It has “never had a financial interest in OAN’s success and does not ‘fund’ OAN.”
“AT&T has never had a financial interest in OAN’s success and does not ‘fund’ OAN. When AT&T acquired DIRECTV, we refused to carry OAN on that platform, and OAN sued DIRECTV as a result,” the statement reads.
“Four years ago, DIRECTV reached a commercial carriage agreement with OAN, as it has with hundreds of other channels and as OAN has done with the other TV providers that carry its programming. DIRECTV offers a wide variety of programming, including many news channels that offer a variety of viewpoints, but it does not dictate or control programming on the channels. Any suggestion otherwise is wrong. The decision of whether to renew the carriage agreement upon its expiration will be up to DIRECTV, which is now a separate company outside of AT&T.”
Court filings given by Herring proposed month to month expenses amounting to $57 million as a feature of an arrangement with AT&T. The organization expressed the number is mistaken however denied to give further subtleties.
Herring purportedly kept a relationship with AT&T beginning around 2006. A few subtleties of the relationship were made accessible through a 2019 court affidavit disconnected to AT&T. There, Herring depicted the explanations behind making OAN.
“To make money, number one,” Herring said. “But number two, is that AT&T told us they wanted a conservative network.”
“So,” the lawyer said, “AT&T kind of dictated the kind of network that they wanted. Because there was an opportunity, you jumped at it?”
“Yes, sir,” Herring answered.
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