One America News Fires Back Against Rachel Maddow, MSNBC And Comcast With A Defamation Lawsuit

October 2, 2020 in News by RBN Staff


UPDATED: JUNE 3, 2020 – [Original lawsuit was dismissed in May, 2020.]

One America News Elevates $10 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Rachel Maddow And MSNBC To Ninth Circuit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Source: Herring Networks, Inc., dba One America News Network

SAN DIEGO, CA, June 3, 2020 – Herring Networks, Inc., an independent, family owned national cable television programming company based in San Diego, California, has filed a notice of appeal in its defamation lawsuit against defendants Rachel Maddow, Comcast Corporation, NBC Universal Media, LLC, and MSNBC Cable LLC. The complaint seeks damages in excess of $10,000,000. Herring Networks, the owner of One America News Network (“OAN”), filed the appeal to The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in its defamation lawsuit with Maddow and others late yesterday.

OAN is represented by Amnon Siegel, a partner at Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles.  Mr. Siegel states, “We fully expect to prevail on appeal. The words– “that OAN is really literally paid Russian propaganda”— do not convey an opinion. This is a blatant defamatory falsehood.”

Robert Herring, Sr., founder and CEO of Herring Networks, Inc. made his thoughts blatantly clear, “We are fully prepared to take this case to the United States Supreme Court if necessary.  Maddow has claimed that our family has engaged in treasonous acts.  Nothing is further from the truth and her propagated falsehood has hurt our integrity and viewership trust.”

Judge Cynthia Bashant, in the US District Court, Southern District of California, granted Rachel Maddow and MSNBC’s motion to strike the complaint for defamation filed by Herring Networks, Inc.  Herring Networks sued Maddow for her false statement that its cable news network, One America News Network, “really literally is paid Russian propaganda.”  This statement is demonstrably false.  OAN is owned by the Herring family. The Herring family launched OAN on July 4, 2013, to provide timely national and international news 24 hours a day.  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 court’s finding that no reasonable person could conclude that Maddow’s statement was one of fact is incorrect.

About Herring Networks, Inc.

One America News Network is a dependable, reliable source for credible live news reporting 24/7. The network also provides three one-hour political talk shows, namely The Daily Ledger and Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler. While other established cable news networks offer just several hours of live news coverage, only OAN can claim to consistently provide 20 hours of live coverage Monday through Friday with extensive weekend coverage. In addition to external news-gathering sources, the network operates news bureaus in Washington, D.C., New York and California.  One America News Network is available on leading national cable providers, including AT&T U-verse, CenturyLink PRISM TV, DirecTV, AT&T TV, Frontier Communications, Verizon FiOS TV, and numerous regional video providers across the nation.  For more information on One America News Network, please visit www.OANN.com.

About Miller Barondess, LLP:

Miller Barondess, LLP is a 35-lawyer firm in Los Angeles handling high-stakes litigation and trial work. Skip Miller is among the top trial lawyers in the nation, representing clients from celebrities to Fortune 500 companies to government in litigation matters. The firm’s attorneys hail from top law schools and aggressively and effectively litigate. For more information, please visit www.millerbarondess.com.

Media contact:

Skip Miller
Miller Barondess, LLP
smiller@millerbarondess.com
Office: 310-552-5251
Cell: 310-738-2457

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ORIGINAL STORY:

Source: One American News

MILLER BARONDESS FILES $10 MILLION LAWSUIT AGAINST RACHEL MADDOW AND MSNBC FOR DEFAMATION 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles, CA—September 9, 2019 – Herring Networks, Inc., an independent, family owned national cable television programming company based in San Diego, California, filed a defamation lawsuit today in the United States District Court, Southern District of California, against Defendants Rachel Maddow, Comcast Corporation, NBC Universal Media, LLC, and MSNBC Cable LLC. The Complaint seeks damages in excess of $10,000,000.

Herring Networks owns and operates One America News Network (“OAN”), a prominent and popular independent television news channel providing Americans with a conservative alternative to the major liberal news outlets. The Complaint alleges that Comcast refused to carry OAN as part of its cable programming because OAN counters the liberal politics of its own channel, MSNBC.

The Complaint further alleges that one week after OAN’s President, Charles Herring, called out and objected to Comcast’s anti-competitive censorship in an email to Comcast’s President of Content Acquisition, MSNBC’s most popular show—The Rachel Maddow Show—opened with the show’s host, Rachel Maddow, telling her audience that OAN “really literally is paid Russian propaganda.”

OAN asserts that, in fact, Defendants knew this statement was false and that they acted maliciously and recklessly in making it. The Complaint alleges that the statement was meant to damage OAN’s business and reputation because OAN, unlike MSNBC, presents a conservative viewpoint; and that OAN was targeted in retaliation for calling out Defendants for their anti-competitive censorship in refusing to carry OAN on its cable system.

OAN is represented by Skip Miller, a partner at Miller Barondess, LLP in Los Angeles.  Per Miller, “One America is wholly owned, operated and financed by the Herring family in San Diego. They are as American as apple pie. They are not paid by Russia and have nothing to do with the Russian government. This is a false and malicious libel, and they’re going to answer for it in a court of law.”

About One America News Network (“OAN”):

One America News Network (“OAN”), owned and operated by Herring Networks, Inc., was launched on July 4, 2013 and provides an independent source of national and international news around the clock.  In addition to external newsgathering sources, the network operates news bureaus in Washington, D.C. and California. The OAN channel is carried on satellite, cable and streaming providers. For more information, please visit www.oann.com.

About Miller Barondess, LLP:

Miller Barondess, LLP is a 35-lawyer firm in Los Angeles handling high-stakes litigation and trial work. Skip Miller is among the top trial lawyers in the nation, representing clients from celebrities to Fortune 500 companies to government in litigation matters. The firm’s attorneys hail from top law schools and aggressively and effectively litigate. For more information, please visit www.millerbarondess.com.

Media contact:
Skip Miller
Miller Barondess, LLP
smiller@millerbarondess.com
Office: 310-552-5251
Cell: 310-738-2457