One America News Network

• The lawsuit claimed Fox spread lies promoting a now-debunked claimed that Dominion was part of a conspiracy to steal the 2020 presidential from Donald Trump.
• The settlement was a win for Fox and Dominion, even without any link to Carlson’s departure.
• But it was an unequivocal loss for ethical journalism, a victory for financial accountability and a defeat for responsibility.
• But while Fox has acceded to its accountability, it has not owned up to its ethical responsibility as a self-described news organization.
• Although law and journalism ethics are often at odds, the Fox v. Dominion case was an instance in which a proceeding at law could have affirmed an ethical responsibility.

The trial that wasn’t

• Court filings alleged Fox repeatedly and falsely implicated Dominion in a plot to rig the election in Joe Biden’s favor.
• Jury selection for the trial was completed on April 18, but a last-minute settlement that day ended it all as Fox agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion without an apology or any admission of wrongdoing.
• But as the recipient of more than three-quarters of a billion dollars, Dominion came out on top monetarily and declared it had held Fox News accountable.

Defending a reputation

• The defamed person’s reputation would be restored by this ritualized proof of a willingness to die or kill for it.
• In a refined duel, both were supposed to throw away their shot – fire without aiming or aim for the sky.
• But sometimes – cue Broadway playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda – one duelist would not throw away his shot.

Accountability is not responsibility

• Publishing a correction – living up to the journalists’ duty of transparency, no matter how humbling it may be – is the accountability journalism ethics scholars embrace.
• At for-profit business corporations like Fox and Dominion, accountability is primarily in the nature of financial liability, because their primary responsibility is to maximize money-making – not lose money.
• Dominion could have demanded Fox take responsibility.
• It could have taken that shot, which would have imposed ethical accountability on Fox.

• LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Eric Early, Managing Partner of nationally recognized law firm Early Sullivan Wright Gizer & McRae LLP , has sent a letter on behalf of Herring Networks Inc., which broadcasts the One America News Network (collectively "OAN"), to Media Matters for America ("Media Matters") regarding Media Matters' attack on OAN's Constitutional and other legal rights.
• The letter follows the publication by Media Matters of a January 13, 2023 article entitled, "Roku offers all the hate and conspiracies rampant on One America News to over 63 million Americans – for free."
• Early's letter takes Media Matters to task for among other things, attempting to publicly shame and embarrass ROKU into dropping its carriage of One America News.
• "The lengths to which far-left groups in our country like Media Matters will go to cancel speech they disagree with, continue to undermine our Constitution and our Democracy.

• In recent months, and leading into the upcoming critical midterm elections, OAN has been aggressive in expanding broadcast multicast carriage for OAN Plus.
• With the addition of more than one million OTA homes in Los Angeles, OAN Plus is on track to reach its goal of nearly 15 million OTA homes by the end of Q1 2023.
• "Over the last year, we've been aggressively expanding OAN's household reach into broadcast homes as part of our long-term distribution strategy," stated Alex Kopacz, EVP, Content Distribution and Strategy at OAN.
• KFLA went on the air in 2007 in Los Angeles and offers a portfolio of news and information channels designed to entertain and inform.

• The launch is powered by the global partnership between Herring Networks, VIDAA, and media tech powerhouse, Amagi.
• VIDAA is a technology and innovation company whose market-leading, independent Smart TV OS powers Hisense, Toshiba and over 100 additional TV brands worldwide.
• "We're thrilled to be working with VIDAA and Amagi on this rollout, and we're confident that our channels will enhance the overall visibility of VIDAA tv."
• Both OAN Plus and AWE Plus are currently deployed on more than 30 FAST platforms globally.