John Oliver Torches His AT&T Bosses Over OAN Reveal: 'You Make the World Worse'

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/john-oliver-torches-his-atandt-bosses-over-oan-reveal-you-make-the-world-worse

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“With that help, OAN has grown into the toxic network that it is today—one that’s happy to give a platform to batshit election-fraud theories from America’s most out-of-breath pillow fetishist [Mike Lindell] and also one that, just a few months ago, featured one of its commentators saying this,” explained Oliver, throwing to footage of one of their anchors staring intently at the camera and saying: “Despite their best efforts, the radical Democrats left fingerprints all over the country providing a trail of evidence that the 2020 election was not only tampered with, but was also overthrown… any American who was involved in these efforts, from those who ran the voting machines to the very highest government officials, is guilty of treason under U.S. Code § 2381, which carries with it the penalty of death.”

“The larger point here is: OAN would be literally nothing without AT&T,” said Oliver. “An OAN accountant reportedly said under oath that AT&T provided 90% of Herring Networks’ income. And, as for OAN’s horrendous content, AT&T told us: ‘DIRECTV respects the editorial the channels it carries… Just as AT&T is committed to providing editorial independence for every WarnerMedia show—including this one…’”

“And that is such a relief—especially the last part—because if I may, I’d like to use that generous editorial independence to offer some constructive feedback to AT&T,” Oliver added.

The comedian then ran a few suggested taglines for AT&T, including: “All the business savvy of Quibi without the courtesy of committing corporate suicide.”

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[brooklynite]

1. Oliver doesn't work for AT&T

He hosts a program on HBO which is owned by Warner Media.

[sarcasmo]

3. AT&T owns CNN, HBO, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT & the Warner Brothers Studio.

"Through its WarnerMedia unit, AT&T owns CNN, HBO, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT and the Warner Bros. studio. Discovery, backed by cable mogul John Malone, controls networks such as HGTV, Food Network, TLC and Animal Planet"

Did ATT buy HBO?
"HBO was the crown jewel of Time Warner, which AT&T had recently acquired for $100 billion with debt. It took two years and a legal battle with the Trump administration to close the deal. It was the biggest media acquisition since the last time Time Warner was acquired in 2000, when America Online paid $162 billion."

[tenderfoot]

5. So you support AT&T funding OAN?

Sure sounds like it.

[cstanleytech]

6. Yes, as others have pointed out already he ultimately does work for them.

[Initech]

2. John Oliver is a national treasure!

Don't care if he's British, we're claiming him!

[lame54]

4. He is an American citizen - yay

[Sherman A1]

7. I have written AT&T about this and their support of politicians in Texas

I urge others to do the same. The more they hear from every direction the better.

[uponit7771]

8. +1