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OAN’s lawyer, Bruce Fein, answered a phone call, stated he was busy, and said he would call back, but never did. Herring and Rion also ignored several inquiries seeking comment and an OAN spokesperson did not respond either. Multiple White House spokespeople did not respond to repeated requests for comment for this story. The network would be mostly irrelevant, confined to the fringes of the conservative news media, if not for Trump’s continued promotion of it. What OAN does offer viewers is a diet of right-wing conspiracy theories and pro-Trump commentary mixed in with wire video news packages that are sometimes skewed to fit its editorial viewpoint through the text placed by the network in the lower-thirds portion of the screen.

In fact, in terms of presentation, OAN resembles a university news station produced by a group of student volunteers.

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And it doesn’t even offer viewers compelling television with professional graphics. It doesn’t rate well and its web traffic is not significant. The channel is tiny compared to the major cable news networks. And he has repeatedly promoted the network on his Twitter feed.Īnd yet, despite Trump’s touting of the network, most Americans are probably not familiar with OAN. At briefings, he has called out for OAN, lauding the network for asking him leading questions framed in a way that portrays him in a flattering light. President Donald Trump, friendly toward media outlets favorable to him, has taken a keen interest in the network as of late. It’s just one way in which the White House has worked to elevate OAN, a little-watched channel that arguably has more in common with a state-run propaganda network than a credible news organization. Rion has previously boasted she was attending the briefings at the personal invitation of the press secretary. And an attorney for OAN even sent a letter on April 25 to the White House complaining that Rion and another OAN correspondent have been forced to “stand in a corner roped off” from everyone else “as if they were suspect and unwanted interlopers.”īut, despite not giving her a formal seat, the White House has not only allowed Rion to break WHCA guidelines drawn up to protect the health of others in the briefing room, but it appears to actually be assisting her in doing so.

The network’s founder, Robert Herring, has repeatedly voiced his frustration that Rion does not have a formal seat in the briefing room. She didn’t have a seat and her network had been booted from the briefing rotation - a move that has drawn the ire of OAN. The truth of the matter was that, under the WHCA’s rules, Rion shouldn’t have been at the briefing on that April day. While the WHCA controls the briefing room seating assignments, the organization does not control physical access to the room. The organization had already expelled OAN from the briefing rotation after Rion flagrantly disregarded newly implemented WHCA rules aimed at limiting the number of reporters in the room to maintain social distancing. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Alex Brandon/APīut there was little the WHCA could do.

PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor, seated, watches as One America News White House Correspondent Chanel Rion asks a question of President Donald Trump during a briefing.

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