According to Reuters, which reviewed court records, OAN founder and chief executive Robert Herring Sr. testified that AT&T executives were the ones who told him to launch the network. They told us they wanted a conservative network,” Herring said in a 2019 deposition, according to Reuters. “They only had one, which was Fox News, and they had seven others on the other [left-wing] side. When they said that, I jumped to it and built one.
Oliver then showed a clip of an OAN broadcaster opining that anyone who worked the 2020 election, including poll workers who ran voting machines, is guilty of treason, which would carry the penalty of death.
That gave Oliver an opening. “That is such a relief,” he said, noting he wanted to “use that generous editorial independence to give some constructive feedback” to AT&T.
Yawn.
dismantlegop 🤣🤣🤣
I don't think OAN is 'fun'. Maybe proof your tweets, or delete and re-tweet?
Beachbard Great job Mr. Oliver, but it's also sad that if not for him, I doubt most of us would have ever known of this. Reuters and other news outlets publish stories like this all the time and they fly under the radar. I don't really know what my point is...so, thanks again John!
So true. You might want to stop doing business with AT&T.
donwinslow ItsNotComplicated ATT supports sedition
lita_meza13 DIRECTV you are next on my list.
wallisweaver I will be switching carriers before Christmas for my IPhone.
What were the pandemic “conspiracy” theories?
donwinslow So what you are telling me is that there is much less than six degrees of separation between OAN and HBO? Wow!
Any company that tries to undermine our democracy does not deserve to be a company in America.
He always disliked AT&T.
Who's paying John Oliver to Slam AT&T? Hypocrites
donwinslow Break up the MONOPOLIES JoeBiden. We should have more than 2 choices, both of which are bad.
To be fair, the show spoke to an AT&T spokesperson who said they didn’t interfere in any show, including Oliver’s. So it’s fair game, and its a fair criticism. OANN is not a news agency. It hawks intolerance, thus invokes the paradox - tolerance must be intolerant of intolerance
donwinslow Wow ATT really sucks.
'EvErYoNe I dOn'T aGrEe WiTh Is FaR rIgHt.' Maybe instead of making assumptions, you can try talking to those with different points of view. Really very tired of foreigners and immigrants shooting their mouths off about what they think is going on when they have no clue.
donwinslow Typo alert: says “fun” but apparently meant “fund”.
Word
* fund
Ilhan, Noah, Oliver etc all came to America to be something… by shitting on it
You know what's worse than AT&T supporting a terrorist Fox on meth network? All the 'progressives' who can't be bothered to change their cell phone carriers but will scream about it on social media for a day before moving on.
He’s right
John Oliver has made a series of jokes about AT&T’s service which isn’t backed up by the data. attemployee
Is he the brith guy in community haha
Good, I knew he and the writers would.
Let’s not forget that AT&T owns HBO which is why we love John Oliver - he’s not a coward to confront his bosses
That information is disturbing
fvck john oliver
This did NOT get enough attention. This ATT crime against democracy REALLY deserves a more special, over the top, internet breaking stunt from LastWeekTonight. LastWeekTonight should REALLY help us all make ATT feel as special as they really are for creating OAN.
Bravo, JohnOliverMP !!
Way past time to make corporate bad actors pay for biting the hands that feed them.