Watching OAN’s Lies Will Be Difficult Now That It’s Been Dumped by DirecTV | The satellite TV provider notified One America News Network that it would not be renewing its distribution agreement.
Watching OAN’s Lies Will Be Difficult Now That It’s Been Dumped by DirecTV | The satellite TV provider notified One America News Network that it would not be renewing its distribution agreement.
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AT&T doesn't care. IMO - they supported the network as it supported Trump, right up and until their merger went through, then they stopped caring. It is downright sociopathic.
People flooding the comments with CNN this, CNN that. Thankfully. Most people don't get their news from only one source. Pure projection in this thread.
How is that the only retort? Anytime you criticize a news network it’s an immediate “what about CNN!” Like I don’t watch that shit either dude, turn off the fucking tv.
It’s the projection that annoys me the most. Whenever my idiot brother tries to talk to me about this nonsense he starts off by telling me i’m not getting the whole picture from places like CNN. I don’t watch CNN or any other news channel. Unlike him i don’t spend much of my time paying attention to political news at all. These people assume everyone spends as much time obsessing and nursing their grievances about politics as they do. No thanks.
Lmao, like CNN is even vaguely comparable. It's just a convenient scapegoat. In their mind, the further right wing you are, the more accurate. Facts be damned.
frankly, i hate all the 24 news networks on my little digital cable plan thingy, i want them all off (Friggin give me gameshow network for them, surely thats an even trade)
Didn't I see an article awhile back saying AT&T gave OAN its startup or something? Now they're dropping them? Good riddance and all but I'm kinda suprised.
I’d come into my parents house and see OAN on and I’d tell them to please stop watching that garbage and watch Fox instead if they want conservative news.
My understanding is that AT&T still provides the vast majority of funding for oan but no longer retains control of direct tv so direct tv was able to make the independent decision to drop the dangerous propaganda and misinformation outlet that is oan
How delusional do you have to be to think OAN is on the level. At least with Fox News it has the reputable name people are used too. OAN is just some fly by night bullshit but some stupid fucks actually take the shit as gospel.
Most of the right wing news people I know are only role playing for the money. Used to know many who took jobs with Christian televangelists. They were always a good source for weed or just some partying in general.
All these comments saying this network is better/worse than that one… who are these people who like to watch a mouth moving on tv? Who watches tv news?! Seriously?!
Can you imagine sitting through 8 minutes of cable news commercials just to get to some heavily made up talking head's opinion on current events? If there is a hell, cable news is playing on monitors there constantly at full volume
They are rehearsing for when the pablum of their choice becomes the state media outlet. They can't wait until they get to the point where the TV watches you. All fascists necessarily participate in their own imprisonment. Its a rite of passage for them
The fact that free speech defends against both silenced speech and compelled speech is a fact that conservatives seem incapable of wrapping their heads around lately.
Difficult to watch? I'm not entirely sure how it's possible to gird enough loins to make it through an hour of that crap assuming the viewer has even the faintest toehold on reality
I’ve been going to the same eye doctor for about a decade and he was always super nice. Last year I went to the eye doctor for the first time since 2018 (lol) and OAN was playing in the waiting room. I got up and walked out, idc how nice he seemed in the past. That’s some true colors right there.
My MIL was watching it on Christmas Eve and it really is just hateful crap and hate speech rolled into a network..like no actual substance just some dude seething and telling other people that they need to be angry about something that doesn’t affect them in the slightest
Fox "News", Breitbart, Daily Caller, Newsmax, The Blaze, etc. You know, all the far-right propaganda outlets that farm articles from each other without any primary sources?
Tom Selleck voiceover: “Have you ever tried to overthrow a democracy…from the comfort of your own home? …you will. And the company that will bring it to you…is AT&T.”
From the article: Former president Donald Trump, known for his gluttonous diet of TV news, is going to have trouble finding one of his favorite far-right channels, One America News Network, in a few months.
The fairness doctrine only applied to broadcast TV and broadcast radio. What should apply to these days? Cable news? Satellite radio? YouTube? Facebook? Blogs?
It so funny to watch them post an article that's only slightly not aligned with conservative views and their entire base calls them traitors and liberal news and says "I'm not watching this garbage"
Now we need to get to where shows or networks based on opinions, not factual information are not allowed to promote themselves as or call themselves News Networks. Hint - if your "reporters" are taking sides, name calling, threatening, and going on rants instead of just reporting on what is happening you are in fact not watching a news report. You are watching propaganda and it should not be allowed to disguise itself as news.
Deplatforming seditious elements may be the only hope our democracy has. I remember the wonderful relief of silence after Trump was kicked off Twitter. I hope this continues.
I remember the sweet, sweet news of Rush Limbaugh’s death, thinking it would free my dad from their death grip. They play this dead asshole’s old content that is pertinent to current events. I’ve never been so furious.
It’s sad that so many equate freedom of speech with the end of a distribution contract for an infotainment corporation due to market forces. No one is stopping OAN from speaking or punishing them for their speech.
Not only did AT&T found OAN through distribution and donations, they don't even control content contracts anymore. DirecTV split from AT&T except at the top. It was DTV that cut the cord here, because ATT couldn't stop it.
To be fair, it's more like they decided they needed to create a new poison, distributed it then after poisoning a ton of people they decided to take that poison off the market.
My folks are deep in the rural, directv being the only thing available. They've been tuned into Orange-Ass News for a while now, their worldview a leaf in the wind of disinformation and lies. Never thought I'd be happy they went back to FOX, but here we are lol
So what should I watch local live sports on? My options are DirecTV and Comcast. And Comcast doesn't broadcast in HD. More than half of my television watching (including streaming) is live sports, DirecTV is far and away the best way to watch that, especially local teams.
About damn time. Stations providing misinformation leading to deaths should be sued as well by the families of the people whose deaths they contributed to by spreading misinformation.
The only real hope I have for the future of our democracy is if cable and other tech companies don't give people platforms to broadcast their lies. And even then, it's impossible to unbrainwash the people who have been exposed to over 20 years of the Tucker Carlsons and Hannitys of the world. 🙄
I didn't even know this was on TV. I assumed it was a "YouTube network" or something like Info Wars. Glad it's not getting renewed. Is it only on Direct TV?
The management of DirectTV runs a business, and this was a business decision. OAN's stated business model was to appeal to the rich conservatives. OAN provides pawnshop content over a Walmart medium to a target audience that shops at Nordstom. Even AT&T could see the bollocks of that business model.
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Also note that OAN gets 90% of its revenue from AT&T and their DirecTV deal... so after this it may be difficult for them to survive.
They'll just go begging for money from the Mercers
AT&T doesn't care. IMO - they supported the network as it supported Trump, right up and until their merger went through, then they stopped caring. It is downright sociopathic.
Just like their viewer base, dying off from covid, heart attacks and diabetes.
Time for a new network! The Super Eagle Patriot Laser Awesome Network Of Truth!
How about the American News of the United States? ANUS.
SPLANOT- a ‘new truth’ for the right!
I prefer Eagle Fang News Network.
No way, dude. Lasers are Jewish.
There not that creative. It'll just be called two American news network.
Marjory Taylor green and lasers don’t go hand in hand if you catch my drift 🤣🤦🏽♂️💩
These comments tell you A LOT about people
Are you talking about the comments in the article or the comments on this thread...?
You really can tell you who the traitors are by reading this.
What comments? I found nothing when sorting by controversial
We knew it already by the people saying anyone not voting GOP is a traitor to democracy and America.
People flooding the comments with CNN this, CNN that. Thankfully. Most people don't get their news from only one source. Pure projection in this thread.
How is that the only retort? Anytime you criticize a news network it’s an immediate “what about CNN!” Like I don’t watch that shit either dude, turn off the fucking tv.
It’s the projection that annoys me the most. Whenever my idiot brother tries to talk to me about this nonsense he starts off by telling me i’m not getting the whole picture from places like CNN. I don’t watch CNN or any other news channel. Unlike him i don’t spend much of my time paying attention to political news at all. These people assume everyone spends as much time obsessing and nursing their grievances about politics as they do. No thanks.
Lmao, like CNN is even vaguely comparable. It's just a convenient scapegoat. In their mind, the further right wing you are, the more accurate. Facts be damned.
frankly, i hate all the 24 news networks on my little digital cable plan thingy, i want them all off (Friggin give me gameshow network for them, surely thats an even trade)
Anytime someone says "CNN", I know they probably don't have anything to add to a conversation.
Didn't I see an article awhile back saying AT&T gave OAN its startup or something? Now they're dropping them? Good riddance and all but I'm kinda suprised.
The news being released about the connection probably damaged their bottom line.
Broadcast fees to OAN from AT&T are 90% of their revenue. Not sure who else carries their stuff.
I’d come into my parents house and see OAN on and I’d tell them to please stop watching that garbage and watch Fox instead if they want conservative news.
AT&T spun-off DirecTV last summer. While AT&T still owns 70% of DirecTV, they are no longer the same company.
I switched to t-mobile after 20 years on AT&T because of this. Bonus, my family plan is 40 bucks a month cheaper now.
AT&T bought DirectTV who already had a contract with OAN.
My understanding is that AT&T still provides the vast majority of funding for oan but no longer retains control of direct tv so direct tv was able to make the independent decision to drop the dangerous propaganda and misinformation outlet that is oan
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OAN is fucking tabloid level shit.
I, for one, believe we should launch all cable news networks into the sun.
How delusional do you have to be to think OAN is on the level. At least with Fox News it has the reputable name people are used too. OAN is just some fly by night bullshit but some stupid fucks actually take the shit as gospel.
OOH! *sorts by controversial*
Little glimpses into the mind of lunatics.
I know someone that works for OAN and made joke saying it’s one of few places that would fire you for getting vaccinated. They were busting up.
Most of the right wing news people I know are only role playing for the money. Used to know many who took jobs with Christian televangelists. They were always a good source for weed or just some partying in general.
All these comments saying this network is better/worse than that one… who are these people who like to watch a mouth moving on tv? Who watches tv news?! Seriously?!
Can you imagine sitting through 8 minutes of cable news commercials just to get to some heavily made up talking head's opinion on current events? If there is a hell, cable news is playing on monitors there constantly at full volume
Cue "conservatives" yelling about how free speech means that a content host must broadcast the specific messages they want to hear...
They espouse free market ideology only when it benefits them
They are rehearsing for when the pablum of their choice becomes the state media outlet. They can't wait until they get to the point where the TV watches you. All fascists necessarily participate in their own imprisonment. Its a rite of passage for them
Just make sure you laugh and call out their lies, like they don’t support murdering anyone who disagrees with them.
The fact that free speech defends against both silenced speech and compelled speech is a fact that conservatives seem incapable of wrapping their heads around lately.
Oh no! Anyway . . .
Trump lost smooth brains
That sentence works both with and without a comma.
My neighbor is going to be upset… he’s been losing the Brandon battle now he loses his favorite channel…
Difficult to watch? I'm not entirely sure how it's possible to gird enough loins to make it through an hour of that crap assuming the viewer has even the faintest toehold on reality
I’ve been going to the same eye doctor for about a decade and he was always super nice. Last year I went to the eye doctor for the first time since 2018 (lol) and OAN was playing in the waiting room. I got up and walked out, idc how nice he seemed in the past. That’s some true colors right there.
Most Evangelicals don’t have a grip on reality.
My MIL was watching it on Christmas Eve and it really is just hateful crap and hate speech rolled into a network..like no actual substance just some dude seething and telling other people that they need to be angry about something that doesn’t affect them in the slightest
Where will anti vaxxers and generally stupid people get "information " for research now?
conspiracy
Joe Rogan's Podcast.
Why Facebook, of course!
Garbage tier memes of fictional tough guys saying random made up bullshit - the usual
Fox "News", Breitbart, Daily Caller, Newsmax, The Blaze, etc. You know, all the far-right propaganda outlets that farm articles from each other without any primary sources?
Surprised I haven’t seen anyone post this yet but there’s a lot more interesting story that’s been completely ignored by the mainstream news...
CNN isn't the other side though... Closest would be MSNBC, but even they don't outright lie about things like right wing networks do.
Tom Selleck voiceover: “Have you ever tried to overthrow a democracy…from the comfort of your own home? …you will. And the company that will bring it to you…is AT&T.”
"Both sides of this culture war"
This makes me feel so gross.
Great link, thanks!
I feel for the
The second someone uses OAN as a source for their “research” you can write off what came before or after …
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oh my god it all makes sense now
It’s really hilarious how similar their actual content seems like an infomercial. I’m assuming that’s intentional
OAN losers: we love the FREE market!
From the article: Former president Donald Trump, known for his gluttonous diet of TV news, is going to have trouble finding one of his favorite far-right channels, One America News Network, in a few months.
I give credit to Ben Kissel for this move.
Re-Institute the fairness doctrine and we can get rid of them and Fox, and newsmax in America
The fairness doctrine only applied to broadcast TV and broadcast radio. What should apply to these days? Cable news? Satellite radio? YouTube? Facebook? Blogs?
Newsmax next just as stupid
It so funny to watch them post an article that's only slightly not aligned with conservative views and their entire base calls them traitors and liberal news and says "I'm not watching this garbage"
Now we need to get to where shows or networks based on opinions, not factual information are not allowed to promote themselves as or call themselves News Networks. Hint - if your "reporters" are taking sides, name calling, threatening, and going on rants instead of just reporting on what is happening you are in fact not watching a news report. You are watching propaganda and it should not be allowed to disguise itself as news.
This is worse than when Spectrum canceled CornCobTV.
They think I’m just some dumb hick.
COFFIN FLOP IS A REAL SHOW
Just body after body busting out of shit wood and hitting pavement.
The Nazi sympathizers have already been indoctrinated.
Deplatforming seditious elements may be the only hope our democracy has. I remember the wonderful relief of silence after Trump was kicked off Twitter. I hope this continues.
I remember the sweet, sweet news of Rush Limbaugh’s death, thinking it would free my dad from their death grip. They play this dead asshole’s old content that is pertinent to current events. I’ve never been so furious.
Private companies holding those levers is terrifying.
Ah, the old ECW-and-switch
Shame dumb people are still smart enough to find their inevitable podcast and Youtube channel.
Cue the morons that don't understand freedom of speech.
They are already here and proud to admit they are morons.
It’s sad that so many equate freedom of speech with the end of a distribution contract for an infotainment corporation due to market forces. No one is stopping OAN from speaking or punishing them for their speech.
My opinion of AT&T / DirectTV just shot up astronomically.
Don’t let it shoot up too far. AT&T were the ones who came up with the idea for and funded the creation of OAN in the first place.
Just a reminder, AT&T essentially created OAN in the first place. They were trying to make more money off of our political turmoil and failed.
ATnT funded and supported that shit to begin with
Not only did AT&T found OAN through distribution and donations, they don't even control content contracts anymore. DirecTV split from AT&T except at the top. It was DTV that cut the cord here, because ATT couldn't stop it.
To be fair, it's more like they decided they needed to create a new poison, distributed it then after poisoning a ton of people they decided to take that poison off the market.
If you ever want a good laugh, get really high and watch OAN. You’ll piss your pants laughing.
or throw a brick through your tv
Well shit, I get really high before I do just about anything.
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My folks are deep in the rural, directv being the only thing available. They've been tuned into Orange-Ass News for a while now, their worldview a leaf in the wind of disinformation and lies. Never thought I'd be happy they went back to FOX, but here we are lol
Use the parental controls to lock out FOX News when you go home and they’ll be on the mend.
Anyone upset about this decision is quite literally the scum of the Earth. Bye bye OAN.
Lmaoooooo this right wing propaganda machine sadly is HQ'd in this fine city of San Diego and I couldnt be happier to see its demise.
OAN special kind of crazy Bye
There’s always hannitty, Laura and Tucker to peddle their lies.
People still use directTV… it’s 2022 lose that bullshit company.
A lot of rural folks use DTV out of necessity. Hard/expensive to run cable that far out into farmland.
and switch to what exactly?
It’s mostly older people and hotels/restaurants/bars/etc. My parents still have it. Thankfully they hate OAN though.
So what should I watch local live sports on? My options are DirecTV and Comcast. And Comcast doesn't broadcast in HD. More than half of my television watching (including streaming) is live sports, DirecTV is far and away the best way to watch that, especially local teams.
Now do fox “news”
How bout Joe Rogan and his lying ass show extolling horse pills? 🙄😂
Fuck anyone who watches OAN.
People need to stop watching and start reading. It's better for your mental health
Don't get fooled, they didn't drop them because they are literal nazis, they dropped them because they weren't profitable
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This is great news!
So, OAN lost something like 17 viewers.
There you go, exaggerating the numbers.
Oh no! Where will the crazy people get their lies?
There’s also YouTube!
Think you forgot a letter,
About damn time. Stations providing misinformation leading to deaths should be sued as well by the families of the people whose deaths they contributed to by spreading misinformation.
AT&T may suck, but every one in a while, they do the right thing.
At&t essentially created OAN. They deserve no praise.
Broken clock.
Wait... People still have cable tv?
Yep. Lots of people in rural areas where internet service is a joke.
An argument starting with “what about CNN?” Can be counter pointed with , “what about FOX?”
or, "who cares about CNN?"
I prefer to counter with “fuck off, nazi”.
The only real hope I have for the future of our democracy is if cable and other tech companies don't give people platforms to broadcast their lies. And even then, it's impossible to unbrainwash the people who have been exposed to over 20 years of the Tucker Carlsons and Hannitys of the world. 🙄
If folks would maybe consider the prosperity gospel folks next, who have channels on XM radio, ah, I have a suggestion.
Verizon, are you listening?
I didn't even know this was on TV. I assumed it was a "YouTube network" or something like Info Wars. Glad it's not getting renewed. Is it only on Direct TV?
Doesn't matter too much because It and and few other extreme right channels are free to view on The Roku Channel.
So many snowflakes thinking that OAN and CNN are the only 2 options.
Three cheers for journalism!
How else will I know how strong and handsome the president is 😔
Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves lmao
Best decision ever…now get rid of those lying evangelical channels.
B-b-b-b-but what about their First Commandment rights?!?!?!?!
The management of DirectTV runs a business, and this was a business decision. OAN's stated business model was to appeal to the rich conservatives. OAN provides pawnshop content over a Walmart medium to a target audience that shops at Nordstom. Even AT&T could see the bollocks of that business model.
Lol, their creation got too crazy for them.
Their creation? OAN had to sue DirectTV to get on there originally.
It might be time to sign up for direct tv!
To say that Verizon is not a major tv provider is just silly…
And nothing of value was lost
Next on the dump list: Fox Entertainment! Fyi you have to cancel cable completely to make it happen
A sad, low ratings network.
Well back to facebook they go
All those advertisements they did and never wanted it. This is the best ad they ever made. Good guy DirecTV, even if it is a money dispute.
BuT mAh FrEeDoM oF sPeEcH!
bUt MaH FrEe sPeEcH