Far-Right Propaganda Outlet One America News Is in Existential Crisis Amid Mass Exodus
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AT&T-backed satellite provider DirecTV finally made it official last Tuesday, dropping far-right One America News from its lineup, leaving the conspiratorial channel in a full-blown existential crisis. The inevitability of OAN’s calamity also caused an exodus from the Trumpy network in recent weeks, Source Material has confirmed.
Even though OAN owners Robert and Charles Herring hoped to force AT&T to keep them, and at one point begged other providers for a rescue, several key staffers saw the writing on the wall and bailed.
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