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One America News Network (abbreviated as OANN), also referred to as One America News (abbreviated as OAN), is a conservative pro-Trump American cable news television channel, launched in 2013, that is owned by Herring Networks, Inc.. The network is headquartered in San Diego, California, and operates a news bureau in Washington, D.C. and New York City.

Originally launched with the intention of targeting a conservative and center-right audience, OAN states a goal of delivering objective news coverage throughout the day while its prime time political talk shows illustrate a conservative view.

According to the Washington Post, the channel is "obscure" but has risen to greater prominence due to its "pro-Trump" coverage. According to a number of former and current employees at the channel, as well as internal e-mails, Charles Herring (the owner of the channel) ordered producers to promote Trump’s 2016 candidacy and presidency, ignore stories about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, ignore stories about police shootings, push antiabortion stories, and minimize coverage of the Pope's 2015 visit to the United States due his calls to mitigate climate change.

History

Formation

The formation of the organization was announced on March 14, 2013 by Herring Networks, Inc., an independent and family-owned national video programming company owns and operates OAN and sister channel AWE (formerly WealthTV; the initialism being an acronym for "A Wealth of Entertainment"). When the network began in 2013 it had a limited partnership with The Washington Times.

The network launched with the intention of targetting a conservative-leaning audience with OAN President Charles Herring telling CPAC that, “Fox News has done a great job serving the center-right and independent audiences...But those who consider themselves liberal have a half dozen or more choices on TV each day from which to get their news.” Herring also stressed the network's separation of news and opinion content, with straight news reporting throughout the day and limited opinion commentary from evening talk shows, including The Daily Ledger hosted by Graham Ledger. Early advertisements for the channel touted the network's lack of commentary and focus on straight news reporting. The channel was formally launched on July 4, 2013.

Early years

In July 2014, OAN relocated its news and production studios out of The Washington Times Building to its new location at 101 Constitution Avenue NW, near the United States Capitol. The move ended OAN's relationship with The Washington Times, which provided news and analysis, as well as a lease space arrangement, for the network. While its Washington Bureau was previously located within the Times building, OAN remains solely owned and operated, including all editorial control, by Herring Networks, Inc.

In August 2014, OAN launched the show On Point with Tomi Lahren. Many clips of the program later went viral, and Lahren gained widespread attention for her commentaries in 2015. On August 19 2015, Lahren completed her final show at OAN. On the week of August 24th, former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin guest hosted a program on the network.

Some media commentators have praised the network for its rolling news coverage. In March 2015, media professor Marty Kaplan praised the network for its focus on what he viewed as impartial news reporting, writing in The Huffington Post that, "Ten minutes of OAN tells me eight stories; 10 minutes of Fox or MSNBC tells me one story, to make me mad." Don Kaplan of the New York Daily News echoed similar sentiments, writing in December 2016 that, "it's by far one of the most fair news outlets around, serving up a daily diet of ad-free, non-ideological, nonstop news — without smirking, snarky anchors or much fanfare." Marc Fisher of The Washington Post considers the network "a reliably sympathetic voice of the administration’s goals and actions".

Trump presidency

According to a number of former and current employees at the channel, as well as internal e-mails, the executives of the channel have "directed his channel to push Trump’s candidacy, scuttle stories about police shootings, encourage antiabortion stories, minimize coverage of Russian aggression, and steer away from the new president’s troubles." During the 2016 presidential campaign, the channel ran a special titled "Betrayal at Benghazi: The Cost of Hillary Clinton’s Dereliction and Greed." Herring, the owner of the channel, sent producers at the channel a report falsely claiming that Hillary Clinton had a brain tumor, and asked them to check up on it. He also shared a report with producers that claimed that Planned Parenthood had promoted abortion, and ordered them to minimize coverage of Pope Francis's US visit due to the Pope's calls for action on climate change. Herring repeatedly ordered his producers not to cover stories pertaining to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

In October 2017, the channel said without any evidence that a "report" had been published which showed "U.K. Crime Rises 13% Annually Amid Spread of Radical Islamic Terror". President Trump later repeated this falsehood, suggesting that he learned of from the OAN.

References

1. ^ "An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking 'pro-Trump' to new heights". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-10-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
2. ^ "Trump's awful Britain tweet posted minutes after identical report by conspiracy theorist news channel". The Independent. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
3. "One America News Cable News Network Announces Debut in Collaboration with The Washington Times". The Washington Times. May 30, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
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5. "Herring Plans to Launch New Conservative News Network". The Wall Street Journal. March 14, 2013. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
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7. Roller, Emma (March 17, 2015). "How one TV channel is positioning itself to be the next Fox News". National Journal. Retrieved March 18, 2015.
8. "One America News Cable News Network Announces Debut in Collaboration with The Washington Times". The Washington Times. May 30, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2013.
9. "One America News Network, New Conservative Cable Channel, Sets Launch". The Daily Beast. March 14, 2013.
10. Hagey, Keach (2013-03-14). "Herring Plans to Launch New Conservative News Network". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
11. Harper, Jennifer. "The Washington Times extending reach with cable network". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
12. Bromwich, Jonah Engel (2016-12-04). "Tomi Lahren: Young, Vocal and the Right's Rising Media Star". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
13. "TheBlaze". TheBlaze. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
14. "Governor Sarah Palin to Guest Host One America News Network's Political Talk Show "On Point" | One America News Network". www.oann.com. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
15. "Sarah Palin Returning to Cable News at One America News Network". www.mediaite.com. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
16. Kaplan, Marty (2015-01-05). "My New Favorite News Network Is Not Liberal (and Not Fox)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
17. Fisher, Marc; Fisher, Marc (2017-07-05). "An inside look at One America News, the insurgent TV network taking 'pro-Trump' to new heights". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
18. "FACT CHECK: Is an Increase in Recorded Crime in England and Wales Linked to 'Radical Islamic Terror'?". Snopes.com. 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
19. "Donald Trump Has Linked A Rise In UK Crime With Islamic Terror, Which Statisticians Have Not". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2017-10-21.

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• Companies based in San Diego
• 24-hour television news channels in the United States
• English-language television stations in the United States
• 2013 establishments in California
• Conservatism in the United States
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• American companies established in 2013