I wrote yesterday about Reuter’s huge story on how AT&T helped inspire and fund far-right Trumpist propaganda network One American News (OAN). Well, I did a little more digging, and the story gets even worse. AT&T had a secret deal with OAN, so that OAN would “cast a positive light” on AT&T during its shows, and AT&T tried to buy a 5% share in OAN.
This means that this wasn’t just some deal that OAN got that every company on DirectTV gets. This means that OAN and AT&T appeared to have some kind of quid pro quo for positive coverage. What did AT&T provide OAN in return for its secret promise to cover AT&T in a positive light? And are we to believe that the most senior levels of AT&T knew nothing about their intimate relationship with OAN, after AT&T tried to buy a 5% interest in the company?
It’s starting to appear as if AT&T knew perfectly well what it was doing. It was creating and financing the seeds of an other Insurrection.
And that’s the topic of today’s podcast I’ve created just for you folks.
JOHN
PS Let me just one more time post the video, from earlier this summer, of an OAN host calling for the mass execution of tens of thousands of Americans who “stole” the 2020 election from Donald Trump. Genocide, proudly brought to you by AT&T.
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