Judge dismisses One America News defamation lawsuit against Rachel Maddow
The suit filed in September argued that Maddow made “utterly and completely false” statements about OAN being “paid Russian propaganda” because the network “is wholly financed by the Herrings, an American family, [and] has never been paid or received a penny from Russia or the Russian government.”
“The Herrings and OAN do not receive any money from the Russian government, OAN does not get paid by Russia, and OAN has absolutely no relationship with Russia,” the company said in a statement. “The court’s finding that no reasonable person could conclude that Maddow’s statement was one of fact is incorrect.”
The cable news channel launched in 2013 and has national distribution on DirecTV, Verizon Fios and AT&T U-verse. It can be seen in approximately 35 million homes.
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