Right-Wing Network One America News Sues Rachel Maddow For Calling it 'Paid Russian Propaganda'

[babylonsister]

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Right-Wing Network One America News Sues Rachel Maddow For Calling it ‘Paid Russian Propaganda’
Jamie Ross
Published 09.10.19 4:58AM ET

The right-wing news network One America News, which counts Donald Trump among its fans, is suing MSNBC's Rachel Maddow for $10 million after she called the channel “paid Russian propaganda.” On her July 22 show, Maddow referred to a report in The Daily Beast that revealed an OAN employee also worked for state-operated Sputnik. “In this case, the most obsequiously pro-Trump right-wing news outlet in America really literally is paid Russian propaganda ... Their on-air U.S. politics reporter is paid by the Russian government to produce propaganda for that government,” Maddow said. In the lawsuit, which was reported by AP, OAN said its reporter Kristian Rouz was a freelancer for Sputnik, not an employee. In the lawsuit, Rouz stated: “I have never written propaganda, disinformation, or unverified information.” Amy Wolf, an attorney for NBCUniversal News Group, is quoted writing that OAN “publishes content collected or created by a journalist who is also paid by the Russian government.”

[nuxvomica]

1. "freelancer for Sputnik, not an employee", is an incredibly weak argument

Turns out, freelancers get paid. If that's all they got, they already lost.

[Kaiserguy]

2. OAN is very much

a propaganda network and most of what it reports is outright disinformation.

[OnDoutside]

3. Discovery should be interesting....

[yaesu]

4. comcast has deep pockets but so does putin, will see who has the best lawyers. nt

[Perseus]

8. The sad part of all this is that Russia will hire American lawyers, and they will represent

Russian interests for the money. As an American, and if I were a lawyer, I would never accept a commission to represent a Russian interest against any US citizen, but the green God is more powerful than patriotism to many, their loyalty really lies on the mighty dollar.

[FakeNoose]

11. I'll bet Rudy G. is already knocking on their doors

Some lawyers have no scruples about who pays them, as long as they get paid.

[bucolic_frolic]

5. The greatest defense to libel, slander, defamation

is the truth. Surely they hope $10 million worth that they can back it up.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. What harm has been done to this network by Rachel?

If defamation was a valid legal issue in our society today, Trump and Limbaugh would currently both deserve to be held in basement cells of Rikers Island.

KY......... .....

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Exactly

"propaganda" is in the eye of the beholder. Journalistic slant could be characterized as propaganda. So in my view it would boil down to the financial aspects. They had some basis for making this claim. It's a nuisance suit IMHO.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

9. Can't imagine who they learned that technique from!

The Art of the Steal....... .......

[mountain grammy]

17. Indeed, that is the first thing I thought

the absurdity of it all.

[mikeysnot]

10. frivolous lawsuit

Discovery will be a bitch... they will have to produce all their finances and where their money came from.

[greymattermom]

12. So Rachel's team will get to see all their finances?

Maybe this is what she wanted.

[mucifer]

15. Especially since it is giving her free advertisement

[mikeysnot]

27. Discovery can be a bitch

I doubt this will get far. They would be exposing themselves.

[cstanleytech]

13. Well they are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed as I am willing to bet that thought did

not occur to them.

[Botany]

14. This lawsuit will only call attention to the links between One America Network, Russia, and ...

... the Sputnik Network. Good move.

[Initech]

16. OANN is Russian propaganda!

[bitterross]

18. Snowflakes

Good luck with that! It's so stupid to do that. These idiots never realize they just amplify the issue when they do this.

[RainCaster]

19. I'm looking forward to this!

Yep- break out the popcorn.

[dlk]

20. MSNBC Should Countersue

Conservatives are far too trigger happy with suing anyone who counters their malicious propaganda. Perhaps having to consistently pay out enormous judgments, including fees, would dampen their zealotry some. Rachel is very conscientious with her sources. I also wonder if this is a ploy to out some of them. As we have seen, the Russians are deadly with those whom they see as crossing them. This will be an interesting case to follow.

[dalton99a]

21. Herring married a Russian woman

Since its inception in 2013, and especially since Trump began his march to the White House, One America’s owner, Robert Herring Sr., a millionaire who made his money printing circuit boards, has 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, according to more than a dozen current and former producers, writers and anchors, as well as internal emails from Herring and his top news executives.

Robert Herring has repeatedly shaped the news on OAN. During the campaign, for example, he banned stories about polls that showed anyone other than Trump in the lead, according to emails and interviews with OAN journalists.

In 2000, Robert Herring Sr., who is 76, sold the family’s business, Herco Technology, for $122 million. He retired and met a woman in Russia who became his third wife. An insomniac, Herring spent much of his nights watching TV. After a while, he decided to dive into the business himself.

OAN newscasts often couch the day’s events in language that reflects the owner’s point of view. One night last month, anchorman Mike Dinow introduced a story about health care like this: “In another sure sign Obamacare is on the way out . . . .” A few minutes later, Dinow started a story with this line: “The president keeps another promise, slashing regulations to a historic low.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/an-inside-look-at-one-america-news-the-insurgent-tv-network-taking-pro-trump-to-new-heights/2017/07/05/7475f0a4-4fa2-11e7-91eb-9611861a988f_story.html

[jalan48]

22. Comcast will cave and have Rachael issue an apology and all will be forgotten.

[DarleenMB]

24. Nonsense

Do you really think MSNBC's attorneys didn't go over this with a fine toothed comb before approving it? OAN may have deep pockets but Comcast's are much deeper would be my uneducated guess.

[jalan48]

25. I think Comcast will bow to political pressure especially if there may be a financial payoff for

it down the line, perhaps a favorable FEC ruling by Trump appointed commissioners.

[turbinetree]

23. Like OAN..............hasn't said anything in the least defamatory way against other journalists....

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here lets see what source's say about OAN.....................looks like there in the HYPRE -PARTISAN CONSERVATIVE...............


https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-biased-is-your-news-source-you-probably-wont-agree-with-this-chart-2018-02-28

And Maddow didn't even make it in this poll...................................so lets see what is OAN again..................they made the list

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings?field_featured_bias_rating_value=All&field_news_source_type_tid[1]=1&field_news_source_type_tid[2]=2&field_news_source_type_tid[3]=3

And this article sums it............................


OANN sues Maddow because its "Paid Russian Propaganda" was written by ...a paid Russian propagandist
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[Gothmog]

26. Discovery will be fun in this case

[Gothmog]

28. Rachel won

Link to tweet

[babylonsister]

29. Wow! Thanks for digging that up!

[Gothmog]

30. You are welcomed