Robert Herring: OANN Does Not Support Sohn Nomination

Turns out conservative cable channel One America News Network isnt backing Democrat Gigi Sohn for the FCC after all.

Network founder Robert Herring went on his own channel this week to make that clear after his son, Charles, came out in support of Sohn last month citing her efforts to get independent voices, including conservative ones, carriage on large distribution platforms. Charles Herring is president of the network, while his dad is CEO.

Chris Ruddy, founder of conservative network Newsmax, also supported Sohn for much the same reason, leading some to point out the strange bedfellows of progressive Sohn and those execs.

Sohn pointed to that support from the right during her nomination hearing and conservative Republican firebrand Ted Cruz (R-Texas) cited that support from conservative nets as giving him some comfort, though likely not enough to vote for her.

But after Charles Herrings endorsement, Robert said he had to set something straight for the company. One thing that clearly triggered Robert Herrings rebuttal of his son was that Public Knowledge, which Sohn helped found and lead, but has not worked for in a number of years, called for AT&T to take OANN off the air over what the group said was its peddling of conspiracy theories and falsehoods.

LINK:	https://www.nexttv.com/news/robert-herring-oann-does-not-support-sohn-...
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