The right-wing cable channel One America News will be dropped by its biggest distributor, DirecTV on Tuesday, according to Bloomberg. DirecTV said in January it planned to drop OAN because it broadcast misinformation about the pandemic and the 2020 election.
”In recent weeks, OAN and its supporters have tried to pressure DirecTV to keep the network. In March, Herring Networks suedAT&T and DirecTV, alleging breach of contract. In the lawsuit, Herring said that “the economic consequences of losing carriage with DirecTV could be devastating to OAN.” “
The channel is carried by some smaller providers but without funding from DirecTV, which is partially owned by AT&T, the channel will likely go dark.
The New York Daily News reports:
The cable channel had a good run during the Donald Trump presidency, where it shamelessly promoted the 45th president’s agenda. Trump, in turn, appeared on OAN and promoted it on social media. The conspiracy-pushing outlet remains the target of lawsuits filed by two voting-technologies companies seeking billions of dollars in damages over OAN’s coverage of alleged voting- machine irregularities.