One America News Dropped from Direct TV in Shock Decision
Looking defeated and exhausted on Thursday, President Joe Biden called on media companies to end the “misinformation and disinformation” broadcast from their platforms. “It has to stop,” he said. DirecTV delivered the…
Looking defeated and exhausted on Thursday, President Joe Biden called on media companies to end the “misinformation and disinformation” broadcast from their platforms.
“It has to stop,” he said.
DirecTV delivered the following day.
On Friday, DirecTV announced they will not renew their contract with conservative news channel, One America News Network.
A DirecTV spokesman issued a statement which said, “We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires.”
Bloomberg News was the first media outlet to report this news. “DirecTV, one of the largest U.S. pay-TV providers, plans to drop One America News Network, dealing a major blow to the conservative channel that’s been criticized for spreading misinformation and had a loyal fan in former President Donald Trump,” the report said.
“The satellite-TV provider has notified OAN’s owner, Herring Networks Inc., that it plans to stop carrying the company’s two channels when their contract expires.”
In an email statement to Bloomberg, a spokesman from DirecTV wrote, “We informed Herring Networks that, following a routine internal review, we do not plan to enter into a new contract when our current agreement expires.”
OAN thrived during the Trump years. And following Fox News’ premature decision to call the state of Arizona for Biden, viewers flocked to OAN.
There is no doubt this move will hurt OAN, at least in the short term. According to