The new favorite channel of US President Donald Trump "One America News Network" (OANN) has been blocked from YouTube.
The broadcaster has touted the controversial drug hydroxychloroquine as a corona miracle drug.
The
YouTube channel of
the US broadcaster “
One America News Network
” (OANN) has been blocked.
US President Donald Trump
had made massive advertising for the station during the election campaign.
OANN
repeatedly disseminated false information in a targeted
manner
.
San Bruno - The arch-conservative cable channel
One America News Network (OANN)
recently
advertised
a miracle drug against
Covid-19
on its
YouTube channel
.
The
drug
hydroxychloroquine, also
touted
by
US President Donald Trump *
, was used
without scientific evidence
advertised
as a miracle drug against the
lung disease Covid-19
.
The approval for the malaria drug, which is not effective against Covid-19 and can also cause serious side effects, was withdrawn by the US drug agency in June.
This video obviously went too far for YouTube.
YouTube blocks channel of Trump's favorite channel "One America News Network" (OANN)
The
video platform
banned the channel from publishing videos for a week.
This was officially announced by a spokeswoman for the
Reuters news agency
.
The reason:
OANN
has repeatedly violated the rules of the video platform by spreading misinformation about the
corona virus
.
The
YouTube channel
of Oann has a total of 1.2 million subscribers.
The station has now also lost the opportunity to earn money with its content on YouTube.
To be able to do this again, OANN must apply.
YouTube has a
"three strikes policy"
according to which channels are permanently deleted from the video platform after three violations of the website's rules.
OANN
has
now received his first warning
with the video for a miracle cure against
Covid-19
.
Donald Trump: His favorite station repeatedly spread conspiracy theories
The channel, which can be assigned to the politically right spectrum, has repeatedly attracted attention through the spread of
conspiracy theories
.
One America News Network
was founded in 2013 and reaches approximately 35 million households.
This makes the station the fourth largest news channel on
US cable television
.
However, the ratings are negligible compared to the established competing channels.
The station recently received more attention, as the incumbent
President Donald Trump
repeatedly advertised the station in the final phase of the election campaign.
. @ FoxNews is not watchable during weekend afternoons.
It is worse than Fake News @CNN.
I strongly suggest turning your dial to @OANN.
They do a really “Fair & Balanced” job!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 16, 2020
In the course of the election campaign: OANN is Donald Trump's new favorite channel
Trump felt increasingly betrayed
by his actually favorite channel
Fox News
, which is why he
declared OANN
to be his new favorite
channel
.
This is evidenced by numerous
tweets from
the president, in which he shared posts from the station on Twitter or called it a "great alternative" to
Fox News
.
In return, Trump was able to spread his unsubstantiated allegations of fraud in the
presidential elections
via OANN
.
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