Texas AG Once Demanded DirecTV Show Ultra-Conservative News
Back in January, DirecTV, the AT&T-owned satellite TV provider, said it was dropping One America News from its lineup. The company had previously been forced to carry the ultra-conservative news network due to a settlement agreement after the telecommunications company broke a promise to OAN’s owner company Herring Networks to keep it on air. Still, AT&T is on the hook for an ad deal with OAN.
Does the back and forth between major communications companies matter to Texas and other conservative elected officials? Of course not. All that matters is they want their MAGA-spreading channel back on air. Paxton joined five other states’s AGs in writing a letter warning of “consequences” if the companies don’t renew the contract. What consequences? You guessed it, a long, drawn-out pouty face.
Of course, DirecTV stayed mum on the whole debacle, and they were probably better off for it. In July, Verizon, the last major carrier of OAN, said they wouldn’t be renewing the network’s contract, essentially relegating the conservative network to the bargain bin of cable. Paxton, for his part, remained publicly silent about this move.
