Dear MoveOn member,
News broke this week that AT&T, the world’s largest communications company, is singlehandedly bankrolling One America News, which spreads white supremacist propaganda, conspiracy theories, and COVID-19 misinformation on AT&T’s DirecTV.1 It’s shameful.
Sign the petition: Tell AT&T to drop the dangerous conspiracy theory network OAN, NOW!
Back in June, an OAN host suggested that “traitors" who "stole" the election should be executed.2 OAN spreads dangerous messages like these every single day, powered by the income from AT&T.
And court records show that not only does AT&T provide tens of millions of dollars in revenue for OAN, AT&T allegedly proposed the idea of a right-wing show for its satellite service, DirecTV, the only cable provider that gives OAN a platform to spread its dangerous messages.3
Even OAN lawyer Patrick Nellies acknowledged that if OAN loses or isn’t renewed by AT&T's DirecTV, the company would “go out of business tomorrow,” which shows just how much power AT&T has to stop OAN.4
And AT&T isn’t just giving a platform and singlehandedly bankrolling conspiracy theory network OAN, it also donated almost $300,000 to the Texas lawmakers who sponsored or co-sponsored the horrible abortion ban.5
Unfortunately, that’s not all. AT&T was also among the corporations that committed to stop donating PAC money to Republicans who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election and fueled the insurrection, but it broke that commitment and has since donated thousands, hoping we wouldn't notice.6
AT&T is fueling attacks on our democracy by propping up and enabling white supremacy propaganda and conspiracy theory network OAN and by funneling PAC donations to insurrectionists. AT&T must drop OAN from DirecTV now.
Thanks for all you do.
–David, Mohammad, Jensine, Dan, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "How AT&T helped build far-right One America News," Reuters, October 6, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/159245?t=18&akid=307976%2E40999114%2E-Gfdux
2. "OAN host suggests ‘traitors’ who ‘stole’ election should be executed," The Independent, June 24, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/159246?t=20&akid=307976%2E40999114%2E-Gfdux
3. "How AT&T helped build far-right One America News," Reuters, October 6, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/159245?t=22&akid=307976%2E40999114%2E-Gfdux
4. Ibid.
5. "Companies like AT&T and UnitedHealth donated over $100,000 to the Texas lawmakers behind its new abortion law," Business Insider, September 2, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/159247?t=24&akid=307976%2E40999114%2E-Gfdux
6. "Walmart, AT&T and Pfizer back lawmakers who supported Trump election fraud lies 6 months after Capitol attack," USA Today, July 4, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/159248?t=26&akid=307976%2E40999114%2E-Gfdux
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