Elon Musk Denies OAN Claim He Wants To Buy Network

June 9, 2022 Fake News, Trump cultists

The Daily Dot reports:

The conservative One America News Network (OAN) claimed today that Elon Musk is considering buying it. Musk denied it. People were highly skeptical about Herring’s claim. “Did the person yell ‘BA BA BOOEY!’ at the end of the call?” wrote one. Amusement only grew after Musk denied that he wants to buy the right-wing network being sued for $1.6 billion by Dominion Voting Systems over lies about fraud in the 2020 election.

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Rather obviously, Herring posted the claim in the hope of generating a real nibble from Musk.

OAN was recently dropped by DirecTV, which reportedly provided the vast majority of their audience.

Only Twitter

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 9, 2022

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— Raw Story (@RawStory) June 9, 2022