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SCOOP: Trump-ally media outlet OAN quietly deleted articles about Dominion Voting Systems despite publicly doubling down on election conspiracy theories businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

If you look at the "Dominion Voting Systems" category tag on OAN's website, there's just one story.

Look at the @waybackmachine for that page — there's more than a dozen.businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

Legitimate news organizations usually issue retraction notices or editors' notes when they do something like this.

OAN hasn't said anything.

Dominion tells me they haven't been in touch with them about the deletions either. businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

The deletions took place about a week after Dominion filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Sidney Powell, according to the @waybackmachine's records. businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

A month ago, in response to Dominion's document retention letters, OAN had doubled down on election conspiracy theories.

They still haven't acknowledged that Biden legitimately won the 2020 election.

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OAN's coverage of Dominion was heavily based on Sidney Powell's conspiratorial lawsuits, so it's not *too* surprising they deleted a bunch of articles.

But it's surprising if they think this will stop them from getting sued. businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

OAN also didn't do a great job of scrubbing its website. businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

Anyway read my story businessinsider.com/oan-deletes-ar…

I just got a response from Smartmatic: "Any removal of the articles by OAN at this late date has no impact on whether Smartmatic can or will pursue litigation."

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