Groups Push AT&T to Yank OAN From DirecTV Lineup
Several activist groups urged AT&T to remove One America News Network from its DirecTV lineup. In a letter Monday, Free Press, Common Cause, Media Matters for America, the National Hispanic Media Coalition and 12 others said they were "deeply disturbed…
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to learn that AT&T helped establish and fund OAN, a purveyor of racial bigotry, conspiracy theories and calls for anti-democratic violence that endanger lives." AT&T emailed that it “has never had a financial interest in OAN’s success and does not ‘fund’ OAN. CNN is the only news network we fund because it’s a part of AT&T." It said OAN founder Robert Herring "pressured us for months to carry OAN," when it acquired DirectTV in 2015, "We declined to do so and in response, Herring Networks sued. Only as a result of the settlement of that lawsuit did DIRECTV consent to a commercial carriage agreement with OAN. DIRECTV does not dictate or control programming on the channels it carries, and any suggestion otherwise is wrong. The decision of whether to renew the carriage agreement upon its expiration will be up to DIRECTV, which is now a separate company outside of AT&T.”