It’s not a secret that many conservatives have qualms about Fox News. That’s not to say their primetime lineup isn’t still largely appealing, specifically Tucker Carlson’s top-rated show, but past editorial and hiring decisions have left some scratching their heads.
Newsmax and One American News Network, both conservative options, have emerged in the current media climate. However, the former is enjoying the highest success rate recently. OANN, which is fighting behind the scenes to win an advantage over Fox News is doing a lot of things, but it may be pushing them too far.
The Washington Free Beacon claims that OANN has been publicly lobbying to confirm Gigi Sohn as a member of the FCC. The Biden nominee is an absolute radical, having called conservative news outlets “threats to democracy.”
One America News Network (OANN) is working behind the scenes to rally conservative support for Gigi Sohn, President Joe Biden’s latest pick to serve on the Federal Communications Commission. Bradley Blakeman is a Conservative Political operative. Washington Free Beacon that OANN’s president personally arranged for him to appear in a pro-Sohn segment on the network and that OANN executives believe Sohn will be an ally in the network’s fight to wrest market share away from Fox News.
The belief is rooted in Sohn’s criticism of Fox News. Sohn has questioned whether Fox News should be investigated for being “state-sponsored propaganda with few if any opposing viewpoints.” Fox News and OANN compete for many of the same viewers, and former president Donald Trump encouraged his voters to leave Fox News for OANN or right-wing outlet Newsmax.
This isn’t a random supposition, just to be clear. OANN’s president, Charles Herring, publicly announced his support for Sohn last week. Herring also organised for Bradley Blakeman who is described as an ex-George W. Bush advisor to appear on OANN’s network to advocate for Sohn.
OANN’s belief that Sohn would be good for business constitutes a tangled web of bad logic, in my opinion. Yes, Sohn has targeted Fox News and has seemingly stuck up for smaller content providers in the past, but I’m pretty sure that the kind of “diversity” she wants doesn’t include more of what OANN provides. This feels a heck of a lot like making a deal with the devil, operating under the delusion that they won’t eventually get burned. OANN could become a prime target in the unlikely scenario that OANN gains significant market share through Fox News.
Sohn, as demonstrated by past actions and statements, is an ideological partisan warrior who has high-ideological goals. They include the destruction of information dissemination by conservatives. To the extent that she’s sided with OANN in the past, it’s been out of expediency in an effort to stop the growth of conservative media. She will turn against OANN if it makes her feel better. Herring is incredibly deluded to believe she’d be an ally.
Here’s my final thought: It’s one thing to be competitive, but it’s another thing to openly support an awful, dangerous nominee for selfish, naive reasons. OANN has every right to compete with Fox News on the field of ideas. But they’ve gone too far here, and in the end, I think it’s going to hurt their credibility.
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