Newsmax Falsely Says DirecTV Pays 22 ‘Liberal News’ Channels

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Since DirecTV 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.

the pay-TV carrier this week. “And, it has been alleged that DirecTV refused to pay any net sums whatsoever to Newsmax—and expressly stated that it never would pay any net sums to Newsmax—even though explicitly liberal stations with substantially fewer viewers were receiving millions of dollars from DirecTV.”

As for the allegations Newsmax and Republicans have made about DirecTV and its remaining channels, let’s take a look at the facts.Since DirecTV removed Newsmax from its service last Wednesday, Newsmax has aired nearly 200 segments in which the hosts—seemingly all reading from the same script—have bemoaned that the provider is “keeping 22 liberal news channels that cost you much more than Newsmax does, and they also have lower ratings.

In terms of 24-hour cable news channels that could be seen as similar to Newsmax, the following apply from the network’s list: CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Newsnation, Cheddar, CNN International, CNBC World, BBC World News and CNN en Espanol.

 

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Wish ANY provider had 22 liberal channels!

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