Newsmax Dropped By DirecTV!

Dropped from DirecTV.

I hope Dominion wins its defamation lawsuit against OAN, Fox and this network.

The network of Fox and CNN rejects reaches the households of 80 million. One major service provider struggling itself decided to cut its losses by dropping it from its premium lineup.

Newsmax, a network founded by Christopher Ruddy as an alternative to Fox was created in 2014 to drive a narrative Fox was afraid to cover:

Unmitigated white nationalism.

The network hired former Fox stars like Eric Bolling, a known sexual predator who was sacked shortly after Bill O'Reilly's notable firing. 

O'Reilly is a sexual predator who was on Newsmax before joining The First, a far right network with more washed up conservative agitators like Dana Loesch.

Dick Morris, the former Bill Clinton advisor who is a far right conspiracy theorist who is obsessed with Hillary Clinton. He was Softball Hannity's go to guy when it came to trashing Clinton and Barack Obama.

Greta Van Susteren, the so-called "liberal" who was fired from CNN, Fox and MSNBC. Now she found a home at Newsmax. She was most famous for spreading missing white women stories, concern trolling about Black crime, putting on far right lunatics like Sarah Palin, Ron DeSantis and Michelle Malkin.

Greg Kelly, the son of former NYPD commissioner Raymond Kelly, a notorious racist, Islamophobe, misogynistic sycophant.

Newsmax is being removed from DirecTV and being replaced with The First.

In a statement, DirecTV said it wanted to “continue to offer the network,” but the channel’s demands for carriage fee increases would have led to “significantly higher costs that we would have to pass on to our broad customer base.”

Newsmax disappeared from the lineup early Tuesday morning, affecting 13 million customers who use DirecTV’s satellite service, DirecTV Stream and U-Verse.

“We continually evaluate the most relevant programming to provide our customers and expect to fill this available channel with new content,” DirecTV said. Newsmax noted it offers its feed for free on its website, on YouTube and on multiple streaming platforms such as Roku, so viewers with DirecTV service will still be able to watch. Other carriers also continue to carry Newsmax.

DirecTV announced Thursday that “The First,” a conservative opinion and commentary TV network, will replace Newsmax in the coming days. “The First” is a four-year-old streaming network that has shows from O’Reilly and former One America News host, notable white nationalist Liz Wheeler.

In response to getting the boot, Newsmax accused DirecTV of bias and censorship.

“This is a blatant act of political discrimination and censorship against Newsmax,” CEO Christopher Ruddy said in a statement that was posted on Newsmax’s website. “The most extreme liberal channels, even with tiny ratings, get fees from AT&T’s DirecTV, but Newsmax and [One American News] need to be deplatformed.”

Washed Up 45 also responded, writing on his Truth Social platform that it’s a “big blow to the Republican Party, and to America itself.”

Last year, OAN, the right-wing conspiracy channel favored by the former president, was also dropped by DirecTV — because of its promotion of misinformation, not because of a carriage fee dispute.

The move was a significant blow to the fringe outlet because about 90% of the channel’s revenue came from subscriber fees paid by AT&T-owned platforms, which had included DirecTV until it was sold to TPG last year.

Through the years, OAN has promoted conspiracy theories and outright lies on a number of issues, including the results of the 2020 presidential election and the coronavirus pandemic. Washed Up 45 favored the network because it was willing to advance his election misinformation.