One America News Network (OAN) has lost its last major carrier with Verizon announcing that it will drop the conservative network from its channel lineup.
According to Verizon, they failed to reach an agreement on a new contract with OAN, will no longer have the rights to the network after July 31, and will remove the network from its television lineup, according to The Hill.
“The development is a blow to OAN after DirecTV declined to renew its contract with the network in January. Verizon remained its largest distributor after the DirecTV contract expired, but OAN will now be left with more minor carriers,” The Hill reported.
.@CBSNews has confirmed @thedailybeast/@justinbaragona‘s reporting that OAN is being dropped by Verizon at the end of the month. Full statement from @Verizon below: pic.twitter.com/Q3aCIE801c
— Jake Rosen (@JakeMRosen) July 21, 2022
“Our negotiation with OAN has been a typical, business as usual carriage negotiation like those that routinely happen between content distributors and content providers,” Verizon said in a statement, adding that OAN did not agree to “fair terms” in light of economic considerations.
“Our company has long advocated for providing customers with the ability to choose what content they want to watch, and our Fios TV platform offers a wide and diverse choice of programming options, including a la carte options, that strive to meet our millions of customers’ various content needs and preferences,” Verizon added.
Skepticism was the order of the day on the right, who have multiple options when it comes to consuming news:
“based on economics, as they always are” … is this supposed to console or fool me? It does neither.
— David Krejci (@MediaF0rensics) July 21, 2022
most of us patriots dont watch cable anyways we will get our news whether they like it or not, this just means the democrat echo chamber just became a little bit more closed in
— dcfloridasport (@dcfloridasport) July 21, 2022
Still, some on the left appear to be comfortable calling the move what it appears to be — or, at least, what they perceive it to be:
It’s a start. Now do Fox and Newsmax.
— NunyaBidniss🇺🇦💔 (@PragueloverR) July 21, 2022
About time! Now do Faux and Newsmax.
— Island Chris 🌊🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♀️✊🏾✊ (@VOTEin22) July 21, 2022
Excellent! Could you write another letter about Fox “News?”
— Yet Another Michael (@MikeC17257) July 21, 2022
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