{"id":1096182,"date":"2021-12-07T20:29:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096182"},"modified":"2021-12-07T20:29:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T01:29:19","slug":"oann-owner-slams-biden-fcc-nominee-undermines-sons-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oann-owner-slams-biden-fcc-nominee-undermines-sons-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"OANN Owner Slams Biden FCC Nominee, Undermines Son\u2019s Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foann-owner-slams-biden-fcc-nominee-undermines-sons-endorsement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096182&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.922077922078\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Robert Herring slams son&#8217;s endorsement of &#8216;extreme leftist&#8217; Gigi Sohn<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-736x491-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-scaled-e1637171356583.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1135393553-1400x933.jpg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tGigi Sohn (Photo by Chip Somodevilla \/ Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/santi-ruiz\/\" title=\"Posts by Santi Ruiz\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Santi Ruiz<\/a> \u2022 December 7, 2021 8:15 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"80.135662237462\">\n<p>One America News Network\u2019s owner on Tuesday slammed President Joe Biden\u2019s latest pick to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, weeks after his son, the network&#8217;s president, threw his weight behind the progressive nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to OANN host Pearson Sharp, Robert Herring denied that the conservative network supports Gigi Sohn, a lawyer with a history of opposing Fox News. Herring\u2019s son Charles last month published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/statement-by-charles-herring-president-of-one-america-news-network-endorsing-the-confirmation-of-gigi-sohn-as-fcc-commissioner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> on the OANN website endorsing Sohn\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My son\u2019s out there saying we support her, but she shouldn\u2019t be anywhere near the FCC as far as I\u2019m concerned,&#8221; Herring said, adding explicitly that &#8220;the company itself is not supporting her.&#8221; The OANN founder called Sohn &#8220;one of the most extreme leftists anywhere in Washington&#8221; and &#8220;a Marxist who has absolutely no regard for free speech or the Constitution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/conservative-cable-network-gets-behind-bidens-fcc-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Charles Herring had lobbied Republican senators to support Sohn\u2019s nomination, and booked political operative Bradley Blakeman to appear on OANN to tout Sohn\u2019s credentials. OANN and right-wing TV network Newsmax both <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/media\/conservative-cable-network-gets-behind-bidens-fcc-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Sohn, hoping she would support them in fights against larger carriers. In her confirmation hearing last week, Sohn twice <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-slam-biden-fcc-pick-for-anti-conservative-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brought up<\/a> OANN\u2019s support for her as evidence she is not biased against conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>The family dispute adds more controversy to an already fraught nomination process. Sohn faces conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/republicans-slam-biden-fcc-pick-for-anti-conservative-views\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a> for her comments calling Fox News a threat to democracy and endorsing investigations into the company. A nonprofit Sohn founded, Public Knowledge, also <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/experts-worry-biden-fcc-pick-will-use-post-to-attack-conservatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for OANN to be taken off the airwaves.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear whether Sohn will be confirmed in the closely divided Senate. In an effort to secure Sohn&#8217;s confirmation, Senator Maria Cantwell (D., Wash.) has proposed Sohn could recuse herself from certain issues, Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGasparino\/status\/1468332097878249473?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>A source familiar with the situation confirmed the proposal to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>, and said Sohn was considering recusing herself from issues regarding broadcast companies. The source said both Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) and the White House had expressed concerns over a possible recusal deal, which would leave FCC commissioners evenly divided on hot button regulatory issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media Robert Herring slams son&#8217;s endorsement of &#8216;extreme leftist&#8217; Gigi Sohn  Gigi Sohn (Photo by Chip Somodevilla \/ Getty Images)  Santi Ruiz \u2022 December &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}