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The Muckrake Political Podcast

Why AT&T Created OAN

The Muckrake Political Podcast

CLNS Media Network

News, Politics

4.6530 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Co-hosts Jared Yates Sexton and Nick Hauselman discuss the revelation that AT&T, in all its corporate wisdom, decided to create one of the most radical right wing news stations. They also dive into the psyche of the anti-vaccine, anti-mask, anti-everything right wing to understand what motivates them. To support the show and access additional content, including the weekly Weekender episode, become a patron at http://patreon.com/muckrakepodcast

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0:00.0

A new Reuters investigation based on a review of court records reveals that OANN has flourished thanks to financial support from a surprising mainstream source, AT&T.

0:14.0

The radical Democrats left fingerprints all over the country, providing a trail of evidence that the 2020 election was not only tampered

0:22.7

with, but was actually overthrown. Any American involved in these efforts, from those who ran

0:28.9

the voting machines to the very highest government officials, is guilty of treason under U.S.

0:35.2

Code 2381, which carries with the penalty of death.

0:41.8

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Muckrake podcast. I'm Jared D.A.S. And here with the birthday boy

0:49.1

himself, the beloved, the one, the only, Nick Houseman.

0:56.2

Oh, thank you, thank you, Jared.

0:58.8

I'm stopping counting after this year.

1:00.4

That's the way to do it.

1:01.8

You don't have to answer.

1:03.7

It's like Oliver North.

1:07.7

All you have to do is give your rank and then move forward.

1:08.9

Yeah, right, exactly.

1:12.3

Not my serial number or my social, so no one can steal my identity.

1:13.3

That's right. You do not recognize the authority of this court, more or less.

1:16.6

I can't handle that truth.

1:19.2

So, everybody, we're going to celebrate Nick's birthday in the only way that we know how,

1:26.3

which is to dive in the absolute cesspool of right-wing

1:31.8

radicalization for profit and power. And we have to start with, it feels Nick, like this story

1:39.9

that we're getting ready to jump into was sort of tailor made for the muckrake

1:45.7

podcast this feels it feels like we're in batting practice and and they're just

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