Panicked Newsmax Host Cuts Mic Of Election Denier

Mediaite reports:

Todd Starnes, a host on Newsmax streaming service N2, spoke with commentator Gabrielle Cuccia about Mark Zuckerberg’s admission that Facebook parent company Meta was pressured in 2021 to censor Covid-related content by the Biden administration. During the live segment, Cuccia inaccurately said Donald Trump was “rightly and duly elected” in the 2020 election, which he in fact lost to President Joe Biden by millions of votes.

She then stated the Biden administration was “very guilty” of suppressing “particular stories of information” like claims of election fraud — at which point her mic appeared to be cut off. Starnes interjected: “Well, let me jump in here. No, no, no no, no, hold on, hold on, Gabrielle, again let me jump in here and we’re going to have to wrap this interview. Again, Newsmax certainly does not believe that the election was rigged and we just cannot go down that path.”

Read the full article. Newsmax is facing defamation lawsuits from both Dominion and Smartmatic. The Smartmatic trial begins later this month.

A pro-Trump host at Newsmax frantically ended a live interview with a guest who appeared ready to spout conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, @DianaFalzone reports. https://t.co/fGoKYYRPdi

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) September 5, 2024