- A far-right cable outlet on Friday aired a disclaimer ahead of the
MyPillow CEO's new documentary. OAN ran a 90-second statement beforeMike Lindell 's movie pushing baseless election-fraud claims.- Lindell has pushed the false claims against the backdrop of lawsuits from voting-machine companies.
Under the threat of costly lawsuits from voting-machine companies, One America News Network on Friday aired a 90-second disclaimer saying it was not affiliated with and didn't endorse the erroneous views offered in a new documentary from MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
Lindell had bought airtime on the network for the documentary, OAN's disclaimer said.
In the three-hour movie, Lindell features several players from the election-fraud conspiracy theory pushed by former President Donald Trump.
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The OAN disclaimer went to significant lengths to distance the network from the claims in Lindell's movie.
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The disclaimer said that Lindell was "exclusively responsible" for the content of the documentary and that it was "not the product of OAN's reporting."
"Further, the statements and claims expressed in this program are presented at this time as opinions only and are not intended to be taken or interpreted by the viewer as established facts," the disclaimer continued.
Earlier this week, an anchor on the conservative network Newsmax talked over Lindell to read similar language as the MyPillow founder baselessly accused Dominion of fraud. The anchor walked off the set as Lindell continued to push the claims.