What happened: One America News (NewsGuard Trust Score: 22.5/100), a right-wing cable news network that NewsGuard has found to repeatedly air false and egregiously misleading information, has been tapped by U.S.-funded Voice of America (Trust Score: 100/100) to provide news programming.
A closer look: Kari Lake, senior adviser for the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA, announced the partnership in an X post on May 6, stating that the change will help ensure that Voice of America has “reliable and credible options as they work to craft their reporting and news programs.”
NewsGuard reviews of OAN’s website and TV programs dating to 2020 have found that the network frequently spreads false claims, particularly about U.S. politics and elections.
In the wake of the 2020 election, the OAN network and site became prominent proponents of baseless claims advanced by Donald Trump that he was the rightful winner of the election. As recently as November 2024, OAN reporter Pearson Sharp said on air: “The 2020 election was bad enough — we all know it was stolen. And friends, I’m afraid 2024 ain’t lookin’ any better. After all, if they figured out how to successfully steal an election last time, why on earth wouldn’t they do it again?”
NewsGuard also found OAN often publishes false claims related to health. For example, an April 2025 article published on the OAN site stated that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine caused 23 percent more deaths in vaccinated people compared to a...
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