AT&T pitches Robert Herring on creating an even more conservative quote-unquote news network. At that time then OAN gets in bed with the Washington Times which is a conservative newspaper out in Washington. Once you know that Trump is going to be the Republican nominee they decided to just kind of follow his league. It's like a soul mate situation. If there's anything the Democrats want above all else it's power and who stands in their way Trump supporters.
A cable news network tailor-made for the former president is getting canceled. The Daily Beast’s Justin Baragona chronicles the demise of One America News.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, fact-checked by Miles Bryan, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, edited by Matt Collette and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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