An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking 'pro-Trump' to new heights

[dixiegrrrrl]

It is reputed to have about 30 million viewers now.....

.....since its inception in 2013, and especially since Trump began his march to the White House, One America’s owner, Robert Herring Sr., a millionaire who made his money printing circuit boards, has directed his channel to push Trump’s candidacy, scuttle stories about police shootings, encourage antiabortion stories, minimize coverage of Russian aggression, and steer away from the new president’s troubles, according to more than a dozen current and former producers, writers and anchors, as well as internal emails from Herring and his top news executives.

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OAN, based in San Diego, made its first splash in the opening weeks of the Trump campaign, when the channel became the first to carry Trump’s campaign speeches live and in full — a decision followed quickly by the owner’s directive that other candidates’ rallies not be given the same treatment, according to internal emails.

Since then, OAN has become a reliably sympathetic voice of the administration’s goals and actions. Trump’s former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, has a deal to appear regularly on the channel. The network’s White House reporter, Trey Yingst, has become an administration favorite who was called on at the daily news briefings 27 times in Trump’s first 100 days in office. On Friday, OAN won a seat in the White House briefing room, albeit in the back row and shared with the BBC

.https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/an-inside-look-at-one-america-news-the-insurgent-tv-network-taking-pro-trump-to-new-heights/2017/07/05/7475f0a4-4fa2-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

[hedda_foil]

1. Who are the funders?

[crickets]

10. Robert Herring and Herring Networks, Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herring_Networks

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/13/18617594/trump-one-america-news-network-explained

[Liberal In Texas]

2. This thing is worse than Fox Newschannel, if that's even possible.

Fascist media.

It's really too bad some of the liberal rich guys don't make some effort to fund progressive media. Free Speech TV for instance could use help.

[stillcool]

3. Like "Democracy Now"?

People have been conditioned to the infotainment concept. I don't think straight-up, real news, will ever catch on the way people keep the cable shows on 24/7.

[SamKnause]

6. I was so thrilled when I discovered Democracy Now and Link TV.

Add in all the documentaries, news from around the world, interviews, debates, and live streams available on the

Internet and I have really increased my knowledge on a measurable scale.

[SterlingPound]

4. and democracy now of course

they do need our help

and they deserve it.

[VOX]

5. How many goddamned far-right media outlets do these fascists need?

Faux, Newsmax, Sinclair, One America...

They’re spreading like kudzu. Takes big $$$$$, and so the oligarchy must want a fascist government so they can continue to bleed the remaining “wealth” from the middle and bottom.

[nuxvomica]

7. This sounds like a huge campaign finance violation

If Herring specifically ordered them to promote Trump, this is not the press, it's a PR firm donating promotion to Trump's campaign while skirting the campaign financing laws.

[dewsgirl]

8. I thought they were just a YouTube channel until maybe a year ago.

Didn't it used to be OANN?

[dixiegrrrrl]

11. I believe so.

They may still be on YouTube....as well as other sites.

[dewsgirl]

13. I believe they are in subscription cable now.😳

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Those trump cultists are a rich revenue stream for a lot of opportunists.

It will get more fun this coming year.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. The 30 Million Sounds Like Propaganda

We have XFinity cable.
This channel is in the 4 digit tier.
This is the $200+ per month tier. At least.
I don't believe that many people with enough $ have it and watch it, and streaming #s are an easily falsifiable figure.
I think the 30 million is a made up number.

[Initech]

12. One America News: Because even state run TV is not conservative enough!

[edbermac]

14. OAN - Obvious American Nazis

[phylny]

15. My brainwashed father watches this trash. nt