What is One America News Network?

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What is One America News Network?

Wikipedia:

“One America News Network (abbreviated as OAN, commonly referred to as One America News) is an American cable news television channel that is owned by the Herring Networks, Inc. The network is headquartered in San Diego, California, and operates a news bureau in Washington, D.C. Originally envisioned as a conservative news network, OAN’s stated focus is delivering a credible source of national and international news 24/7. OAN also features political analysis programming and political talk shows, along with network special documentary-style reports; its news coverage attempts to maintain objectivity while its political shows illustrate a stronger conservative lean.

“The channel was launched on July 4, 2013.”

Recently, an anchor on One America News gave a lengthy editorial on the Middle East and ISIS.  TYT Network discusses it.

http://www.inquisitr.com/2269540/tomi-lahren-conservative-anchor-becomes-overnight-sensation-after-viral-obama-rant/

New York Times Columnist Charles Blow / Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Views On Poverty

Secular Talk

Recently, New York Times columnist Charles Blow quoted the president speaking at Georgetown University about the poor:

“And I think the effort to suggest that the poor are sponges, leeches, don’t want to work, are lazy, are undeserving, got traction,” said the President.

“And, look, it’s still being propagated. I mean, I have to say that if you watch Fox News on a regular basis, it is a constant menu — they will find folks who make me mad. I don’t know where they find them. [Laughter.] They’re like, I don’t want to work, I just want a free Obama phone [laughter]…”

The columnist also criticized Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly for calling poor people “lazy.”

O’Reilly then gave his opinion of Blow’s column on his TV show The O’Reilly Factor.

Below is a quote from Media Matters that was cited by Blow in his column. Media Matters states the quote is from 2004 from O’Reilly’s radio show The Radio Factor.

O’Reilly: “Reagan was not a confrontational guy, didn’t like confrontation, much rather be your pal … doesn’t want to get involved with the really nasty stuff, the tough stuff, and that’s what racial politics is — nasty and tough. … It’s hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell ’em they’re irresponsible and lazy. And who’s gonna wanna do that? Because that’s what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen.”

Are poor people lazy? What about the “working poor?” Are people who work full-time for low wages lazy? Are there times – during an economic downturn, for example – when people are forced to accept low wages?

Article from the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/14/opinion/charles-blow-the-president-fox-news-the-poor.html?_r=0

Hillary Clinton Breaks Her Silence

Hillary Clinton has broken her 28-day streak avoiding the press.

Following a campaign event here in Iowa, where she was discussing small businesses and entrepreneurship, the Democratic presidential candidate meandered over to the rope line to greet the media today. She then proceeded to answer a total of six questions from reporters — her first time to do so in roughly four weeks.

During this “ramp up” phase of her candidacy, Clinton has kept her distance from the media, answering only a handful of questions from the reporters following her on the campaign trail. Her opponents – and not surprisingly, the press – had taken notice.

Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Answered a Press Question in 21 Days (And Her Opponents Are Taking Notice)

5 Things Hillary Clinton Accomplished In Iowa (And 5 Questions That Still Remain)

Pat Robertson Recommended For A Woman Working With Buddhists To Quit Her Job

Secular Talk

Wikipedia states that Marion Gordon “Pat” Robertson is an American media mogul, executive chairman, and a former Southern Baptist minister.

He supports conservative Christian ideals, and he presently serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network.

Robertson recommended recently that a Christian woman working with Buddhists quit her job.

He told viewers on Monday that Buddhism was like a “disease” and that Christians could get “infected” if their coworkers practiced it.

OK, Fine’s List Of Right-Wing Media Outlets

Does anyone remember reading or seeing on the television prior to the election that ISIS was coming across our borders in order to spread Ebola?  And then, after the election in November, that story disappeared? Hmm….ever wonder where those stories originated?

Here is a list of right-wing media outlets to the best of OK, Fine’s knowledge.

Television:  Fox News, The Sarah Palin Channel

Radio:  Rush Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck,  Fox Radio (Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly etc.), Adam Carrolla, Mark Levin, Newsmax Radio, Michael Savage, Bryan Fischer, Steve Solomon, etc.

Print media/internet: The Washington Times, Newsmax, The Drudge Report, Breitbart, World Net Daily (WND), The Weekly Standard, The Daily Caller, The Examiner (examiner.com),  etc.

If you are getting your news from these sources, be aware that the sources are right-wing media outlets with their own agenda.  Double and triple check your information with other sources to make sure that the information is factual.

This site will be periodically updated as new sources arise.

Does Fox News Justify Killing Animals?

The Trews

Kendall Jones is a 19-year-old cheerleader from Texas and she kills large game for sport.

She’s had her eye on the “Big Five” (the African lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, African leopard, and White/Black rhinoceros) since she was nine. She killed her first white rhino when she was 13.

According to Slate, she poses with the animals she kills, beaming, jauntily pony-tailed, sometimes straddling dead lions or cuddling dead leopards.

Russell Brand’s The Trews examines Fox News’ reactions to Jones, whose hunting pictures went viral last year.

More:

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/07/10/kendall_jones_the_texas_cheerleader_and_big_game_hunter_makes_people_very.html

British Paper: ‘With Climate Change, US Presidents Matter’

The British paper The Guardian recently “admitted” that the U.S. president can have an impact on climate change.  It is fashionable for the European press to claim that the president or political party doesn’t affect political outcomes.

“Yesterday, President Barack Obama became the first president who has taken a stand to stop climate change,” according to The Guardian.

Here are some quotes from The Guardian:

“…President Obama took that stand from his first step into the White House. He has put into place a series of initiatives that actually give us a chance at stopping the most serious consequences of climate change.”

As outlined in his Climate Action Plan, his administration has overseen investments in renewable energy industries in the U.S. that are creating jobs.

“He has worked on international agreements to reduce hydrofluorocarbons and methane emissions…”

“Even more significantly, he has overseen the plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s new and existing coal plants; the EPA’s Clean Power Plan rewards state-level initiatives to find flexible solutions to reduce their emissions.”

“He has enacted increases in fuel-efficiency standards…”

“And also significantly, the President has achieved a huge agreement with China to curb and reduce carbon pollution,” according to The Guardian.

More:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2015/feb/25/with-climate-change-us-presidents-matter

Is Corporate Media Failing The Planet?

Mike Papantonio and Sam Seder discuss how the majority of mainstream U.S. media has been essentially null in the discussion of climate change or other issues.

Ring of Fire

Remembering A Week In The Media

CNN reports on a week that news personalities Bob Simon, Brian Williams, Jon Stewart, and David Carr became the story in U.S. media.

CNN

Who Was David Carr?

New York Times media critic David Carr recently died. MSNBC takes a look at a big week for big media.

Carr died after he “collapsed in the newsroom” on Thursday, according to the Times. He was then taken to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Carr wrote the best-selling book Night Of The Gun.

The news comes one day after the death of revered 60 Minutes correspondent Bob Simon in a livery car crash in Manhattan Wednesday night, and caps a week that has affected the journalism industry.

On Tuesday, NBC announced it would suspend anchor Brian Williams for six months without pay after revelations that he claimed to have been on board a Chinook helicopter that went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

Earlier this week, the host of The Daily Show John Stewert announced he would be leaving the program.

Mark Halperin, author and managing editor of Bloomberg Politics, tweeted, “In Latin, we’d call David Carr ‘sui generis.’ In English, we’d call him an American original. In my gut, I’d call him irreplaceable.”

MSNBC