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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNewsmax Claims DirecTV Pays 22 'Liberal News' Channels--That's Not True
Newsmax has flooded the zone with spurious and outright false claims that DirecTV is paying for 22 low-rated liberal news networks while refusing to give them a cent.In the span of days, Newsmax has successfully turned a standard fee dispute with a pay-TV provider into a political football, convincing Congress to threaten DirecTV with hearings for dropping the pro-Trump network.
Since the satellite carrier pulled Newsmax from its lineup last week, the channel has flooded its airwaves with anti-DirecTV rants accusing the company and its corporate partner AT&T of political discrimination against conservatives while urging viewers to cancel the companies products.
At the same time, Newsmax has relentlessly aired a series of spurious claims about the remaining content on DirecTVs lineup, repeatedly insisting that the provider is paying 22 liberal news channels while refusing to offer any license fees to Newsmax. Asserting that its the fourth highest-rated cable news network in America, the channel has also groused that its viewership dwarfs most of these nearly two dozen left-leaning stationsyet DirecTV will not fairly compensate the right-wing news channel.
Much of whats been said by Newsmax about the failed DirecTV deal, which has been parroted by Republicans on Capitol Hill, ranges from misleading to outright false.
The full-court press has worked with the GOP, who had already promised to hold investigations into anti-conservative bias in media and Big Tech even before winning a slim majority in the House last year. Days after House Republicans pressured DirecTV to pay Newsmax fair and equitable fees while accusing the company of colluding with Democrats to censor conservative speech, their colleagues in the Senate followed suit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-falsely-claims-directv-pays-22-liberal-news-channels
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Newsmax Claims DirecTV Pays 22 'Liberal News' Channels--That's Not True (Original Post)
Zorro
Feb 2023
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RandySF
(59,366 posts)1. I can only speak as a Youtube tv subscriber
We get CNN, Fox, MSNBC and our local stations.
Meadowoak
(5,562 posts)2. MSNBC is the only channel that even barely leans left.
And as a Directv subscriber, why should I have to pay for Fox, Newsmax, and Oan?
keithbvadu2
(36,949 posts)3. What specific liberal channels and how much?
What specific liberal channels and how much?
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