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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The right-wing cable channel One America News is among the worst purveyors of disinformation today, spewing a steady stream of lies regarding the pandemic, election integrity and other issues. But OAN’s pipeline for its toxic product just got narrower. DirecTV’s recent announcement that it will soon stop carrying the channel has riled some congressional Republicans, but in fact it’s solidly grounded in a principle that conservatives claim to cherish: Let the market decide. One America News was founded in 2013 as an even further-right platform than Fox News. It rose to national prominence in co…