Around 200 members of the Proud Boys, a violent far-right group, had joined the marches earlier on Saturday near the Trump hotel. Many wore combat fatigues, black and yellow shirts and ballistic vests, carried helmets and flashed hand signals used by white nationalists. Advertisement
But just a few remote
control clicks away at OANN and Newsmax, the presenters have had no
qualms about presenting this alternative reality to their viewers. On
these networks, the prospect of Trump being inaugurated for a second
term on January 20 appears to be very much alive. Of the two insurgent
networks, OANN is the least-watched and the most extreme. The network
was founded in 2013 by California businessman Robert Herring, and was
explicitly intended to serve as a far-right alternative to Fox. OANN
does not release its ratings figures publicly, a tell-tale sign that its
viewer numbers are low, but Herring has claimed the network received a
big bounce after the election.
Donald Trump fans get fix of unreality on extremist networks OANN and Newsmax
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