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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting
New York (CNN Business) On one afternoon in April, Yamiche Alcindor, the White House correspondent for PBS Newshour, grew exasperated.
While standing in the back of the room at the daily coronavirus task force briefing, Chanel Rion, a conspiracy theorist who works as a correspondent for the far-right One America News network, violated social distancing guidelines as she stepped forward and stood close to Alcindor to ask a question.
Alcindor confronted Rion after the briefing, telling her that her behavior was "dangerous" and jeopardized the health of the both of them. Alcindor and PBS also raised their concerns with the White House Correspondents Association, the organization that oversees the seating arrangement inside the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
But there was little the WHCA could do. The organization had already expelled OAN from the briefing rotation after Rion flagrantly disregarded newly implemented WHCA rules aimed at limiting the number of reporters in the room to maintain social distancing. While the WHCA controls the briefing room seating assignments, the organization does not control physical access to the room.
While standing in the back of the room at the daily coronavirus task force briefing, Chanel Rion, a conspiracy theorist who works as a correspondent for the far-right One America News network, violated social distancing guidelines as she stepped forward and stood close to Alcindor to ask a question.
Alcindor confronted Rion after the briefing, telling her that her behavior was "dangerous" and jeopardized the health of the both of them. Alcindor and PBS also raised their concerns with the White House Correspondents Association, the organization that oversees the seating arrangement inside the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room.
But there was little the WHCA could do. The organization had already expelled OAN from the briefing rotation after Rion flagrantly disregarded newly implemented WHCA rules aimed at limiting the number of reporters in the room to maintain social distancing. While the WHCA controls the briefing room seating assignments, the organization does not control physical access to the room.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/media/one-america-news-trump/index.html
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Meet OAN, the little-watched right-wing news channel that Trump keeps promoting (Original Post)
spanone
May 2020
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HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)2. We switched to Fios a couple of months ago
and got both OAN and NewsmaxTV.
Absolutely hilarious - the production value is just about two steps down from a community college's TV station and so over the top that it rivals an SNL skit.
Trouble is, it's usual viewership doesn't get the joke.
LSFL
(1,109 posts)3. With all due respect spanone
Stop promoting them. I know this is not your intention. But we know this ilk. We see it....we see it very well.
spanone
(135,632 posts)4. Promoting them? Good bye.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)5. Thanks for your input
Ignoring them doesn't make them go away. It makes them unchecked.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)6. John Oliver on OAN:
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: OAN