Stelter: OAN's handling of GOP defeat in California is so weird I have to tell you about it

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One America News Network's handling of the GOP defeat in California has been so, so weird that I have to tell you about it. (1/7)


OAN is low-rated and cheaply-produced, but it's on the channel lineup right next to legit news in millions of homes. It is a refuge for those who think Fox is too liberal. Its hosts pushed voter fraud propaganda before the polls closed in California. (2/7)


The polls closed more than 10 hours ago. The recall failed. It wasn't close. But OAN *has not reported the results of the recall a single time* that I can find. I have scoured the transcripts and watched the morning coverage – zero mentions. But it's weirder than that... (3/7)


OAN keeps talking ABOUT the recall. "Officials are finishing up the ballot count," different anchors reading the same script said at both 5 and 7am ET. But they're not admitting what AP, CNN, and everyone else reported last night: The recall failed. Newsom prevailed. (4/7)


OAN keeps rerunning a generic news package that describe why the recall happened and, followed by recaps of Kevin Faulconer and Larry Elder's concession speeches, without explaining that they lost! Leaving viewers with the impression that... ?!?!? (5/7)


Elder is even quoted saying "we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war." The on-screen tab says "RECALL NEWSOM;" the banner says "ELDER: WE'VE GOT A STATE TO SAVE." It's just strange – OAN is not alleging fraud but is totally ignoring the news. (6/7)


Kicker: Here's Elder, in an interview that OAN re-aired at 3 in the morning after he conceded defeat, claiming "I think so many people are going to vote yes on this recall, there won't be any question about it." If I were the host, I'd be embarrassed to see this re-air. (7/7)

Stelter's final tweet in that thread, with the video clip:

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Aaron Rupar comment on this, with more video:

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. They are totalitarian style propagandists, like with the Pig himself, truth is irrelevant...

they say whatever is in their ideological interests. They know that there is a base that will swallow anything they say. These rubes may see stories about the loss but they are only going to believe the ONANists.

[EarlG]

2. Exactly -- I wouldn't call it "strange"

It's just deliberate propaganda.

"Elder is even quoted saying "we may have lost the battle, but we are going to win the war." The on-screen tab says "RECALL NEWSOM;" the banner says "ELDER: WE'VE GOT A STATE TO SAVE." It's just strange – OAN is not alleging fraud but is totally ignoring the news.

No, they are definitely alleging fraud. They're telling their viewers that the election isn't over and the fight continues. They're not reporting anything, they're just making shit up. It's the Weekly World News of cable.

In fact, lol:

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