#DefundATT John #STANKey is the CEO of AT&T IS FUNDING OAN
Get off AT&T Internet and TV unplug.
@ATTHelp I don’t give money to companies that support white supremacy and anti-democratic coups. SWITCH TO VERIZON.
ATT is the second largest Telecommunication in the whole wide world. Congress needs to split AT&T Up Again!
ATT CEO John Stankey is lying and must be held accountable.
Review of court records details AT&T’s role in creating and funding OANN; 90% of OANN’s revenue comes from contracts with DirecTV and other AT&T services (@johnshiffman / Reuters)
OAN CEO on American dream rise from poverty (born in a barn) to wealth to Trump diehard.
John STANKey is the CEO of AT&T IS FUNDING OAN — “Frankly, I’m not satisfied with where the AT&T brand stands right now,” Stankey said during the virtual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference. “I’m not sure the brand is positioned well for the next 10 years.”
How AT&T helped build far-right One America News
@ATT’s silence after the revelation came out that they fund 90% of OAN.
AT&T is accused in scathing report by Reuters that AT&T supports One America News – OAN, please write to CEO of AT&T, John Starkey, and ask for an explanation.
John Stankey <jo**********@at*.com>
or John Stankey <js****@at*.com
“Canceling my personal AT&T contract today but also will be punishing AT&T professionally…I happen to do work that can impact F500 companies’ use of @ATT”
Good to know this about @att – I make decisions on big $$$ telecommunication contracts, and will remove att from consideration.
Cecile Richards, a co-chair of American Bridge and former president of Planned Parenthood, hinted in a statement to CNBC that these spots are just the beginning.
“This abortion ban — part of the Republican plan to make reproductive health care completely out-of-reach — is devastating, which is why companies that backed the lawmakers responsible for this cannot be permitted to bury their heads in the sand,” Richards told CNBC in a statement.
AMERICAN BRIDGE The super PAC spent over $85 million and raised almost an equal amount during the 2020 presidential election, according to data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics. Over $50 million of that went toward taking aim at former President Donald Trump.
Feminist group UltraViolet says nearly a dozen primary sponsors of SB 8 have recently seen over $100,000 from corporate donors, including AT&T.
These corporations bankrolled the sponsors of Texas’ abortion ban
Popular Information listed CNBC parent company Comcast/NBCUniversal as another corporate donor, saying the media company has given $58,250 to the sponsors of SB 8 since 2018.
CVS Health, for example, has donated to $72,500 to the sponsors of SB 8 since 2018.
UnitedHealth Group promotes itself as a champion of women’s equality but donated $90,000 to the sponsors of Texas’ abortion ban since 2018.
Health insurer Anthem says it strives to “empower women within our own organization and in the communities we serve” but donated $87,250 to the sponsors of Texas’ abortion ban over the last three years.
Major corporate donors to the sponsors of SB 8 include
Charter Communications ($313,000), USAA ($152,000), Farmers Insurance ($120,000), General Motors ($72,750), and State Farm ($58,250).
TLR PAC of 9 men and no women! Since 2018, TLR’s PAC has donated nearly $2.3 million to the sponsor’s of SB 8 — legislation that allows anyone to sue anyone that helps a woman get an abortion in Texas and receive $10,000.
STANKey previously chaired the Republican National Committee and served as counselor to former President George W. Bush during his second term. “AT&T helped fund the anti-abortion politicians who wrote the dangerous law,” says a copy of the digital ad set to be placed with the online version of The Dallas Morning News. A picture of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is depicted on screen.
The ad also calls on voters to “Tell @ATT to get #Offthebanwagon” and to urge the company to “stop funding anti-abortion extremists in Texas.”
#DefundATT @ATT
Dallas-based AT&T is taking heat for the company’s contributions to the conservative politicians who passed Texas’ unpopular abortion bill.
“If John Stankey is unwilling to correct this course by severing ties with OAN, firing anti-abortion extremist Ed Gillespie, and pledging to stop funding right-wing, racist, and anti-woman politicians, he should step down.”
In a statement, Sonja Spoo, director of reproductive rights campaigns at UltraViolet, noted revelations about not only the news network but also AT&T’s support for Texas lawmakers who sponsored a recently enacted abortion ban that’s provoked national alarm. “The leadership and tenure of now CEO and former COO John Stankey at AT&T is marked by his enabling of the radical, right-wing conspiracy platform One America News and the funding for anti-choice politicians behind Texas’ dangerous abortion ban,” she said.
The corporation is one of the top donors to the sponsors of Texas’ abortion ban. Since 2018, the company has donated $301,000 to the bill’s sponsors, according to popular.info.
AT&T is also the primary source of funding for One America News, a network that spreads conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and the COVID-19 pandemic, a Reuters investigation revealed.
AT&T-owned television platforms account for 90% of OAN’s revenue, according to 2020 sworn testimony by an OAN accountant.
The latest: This week the Dallas Morning News rejected an ad from a Democratic Super PAC that criticized the telecom giant.
Why it matters: AT&T, the world’s largest communications company, has quietly become a powerful player in conservative politics.
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AT&T CEO John Stankey Urged to Sever Ties With Far-Right OAN—Or Step Down
Stankey’s tenure at the company, said one campaigner, “is marked by his enabling of the radical, right-wing conspiracy platform One America News and the funding for anti-choice politicians behind Texas’ dangerous abortion ban.”
AT&T CEO John Stankey needs to be fired and critics need to find leverage for getting it done as soon as possible.
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Switch to Consumer Cellular, which AARP recommends (and gives a discount for to members!) That’s what my spouse and I are doing.
Credo is changing lately. Now we’re on the Verizon network & service is poor. Not sure those are connected, but I’m done with Credo after 20 yrs.