Tag Archives: Newsmax

Newsmax Guest Calls Verdict “Major Win For Trump”

“Tacopina’s going to be appealing this thing tomorrow but again, don’t worry about the money whether it’s four dollars or five million that means nothing to Trump. “He did not want to be labeled a rapist, he is not a rapist. They came back with no, so trust me when I tell you this was a major win for Donald …

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Newsmax Runs Photo Of Wrong Man As TX Shooter

Mediaite reports: While the notion that a person of Hispanic heritage could hold such views has flummoxed many on the political right, Newsmax took their confusion a step further by pairing their commentary about the dead suspect with a picture of the wrong Mauricio Garcia. The photo showed up on Monday night’s edition of Newsmax TV’s The Balance as host …

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Axios: Carlson Seeks Escape From Fox News Contract

Axios reports: Tucker Carlson is preparing to unleash allies to attack Fox News in an effort to bully the network into letting him work for — or start — a right-wing rival, sources close to him tell Axios. Bryan Freedman, the high-powered Hollywood lawyer Carlson retained for the contract dispute, told Axios: “The idea that anyone is going to silence …

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Newsmax Host Calls Proud Boys Convictions A “Sham”

“The fake news ecstatic today because Enrique Tarrio and several of his friends convicted, very serious charges. He faces decades in prison, potentially, and I think the whole damn thing is a sham and a shame. “Seditious conspiracy, obstructing official proceedings, no. Look, he wasn’t even there. I’ve seen the evidence. Granted, I did not sit through all of the …

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REPORT: Newsmax Offers Tucker Carlson Full Control

TMZ reports: Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and now another conservative news outlet, Newsmax, wants him to be more than just the face of the network, and it’s putting on a full-court press to land him. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ the news channel is doing everything it can to sweeten the deal for Tucker to come …

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Newsmax: We “Stand By” Our Lies About Dominion

From a statement just read on-air by Newsmax hosts: Newsmax believes that the facts at issue in Dominion’s case against us are materially different from those that may have driven Fox to settle and no conclusion about Newsmax should be drawn from that settlement. Newsmax stands by its coverage and analysis of the 2020 election and will continue to vigorously …

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Newsmax Host: Trump Looked “Even More Presidential” While Being Arrested, “We’re Talking Eye Of The Tiger”

“President Donald Trump — this was technically in police custody today, going from processing into the arraignment. And somehow he looks even more presidential. “I’m serious. I mean, we’re talking eye of the tiger. This is why so many people are drawn to him, he fights. And, by the way, this is all nonsense. I’ve seen the indictment and it’s …

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Newsmax Host: Trans People Are Worse Than Nazis

“Looking at the data, looking at recent history, it would seem that transgender is, potentially, more of a threat if applied recklessly than, say, white supremacy. Okay? We have actual documented episodes where we don’t have them from white supremacists over the past recent history. Look, let me ask you this – what’s the motivation here?  Why the emphasis all …

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Newsmax Host Suggests Dems Sent Threat To Bragg

Mediaite reports: Newsmax host Lidia Curanaj recalled her tenure as a “lowly production assistant” for CBS News anchor Dan Rather in 2001 when anthrax was sent to their mailroom. “So when you do hear that – powder in an envelope – you can’t help but wonder, my goodness, could this be some sort of deadly bioweapon, because there are a …

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“Canceled” Newsmax Signs Deal To Return To DirecTV

CNBC reports: DirecTV said Wednesday it reached a deal with Newsmax Media to once again carry the right wing network in its satellite-TV and streaming packages. DirecTV had not carried Newsmax on its services since late January, when carriage negotiations broke down between the two companies. Newsmax had earlier alleged at the core of the dispute was “political discrimination,” with …

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Newsmax Guest Suggests Vaccine Killed Capitol Officer

“Officer Brian Sicknick, who, as you mentioned was a great Trump supporter, was all over his social media and so on. And the media – it started with The New York Times – that came up with the lie that Officer Brian Sicknick had been hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, perhaps multiple times, and that led to …

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Newsmax To Lobby Congress In Battle With DirecTV

Politico reports: Newsmax’s brawl with satellite cable provider DirecTV has spilled over onto K Street. The conservative news channel, which disappeared from DirecTV’s airwaves in January amid a dispute over fees paid to carriers, has enlisted former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) and longtime GOP aide Tommy Andrews of Squire Patton Boggs to escalate its fight in Washington, according to newly …

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Newsmax Host: GA Grand Jury Foreperson Is “Demonic”

Media Matters has the transcript: She’s weird. She’s not just weird, she’s like borderline demonic. Look at the — I mean, you can tell this. Like, look at the gyrations of eyes, the strange squirrelliness and weirdness of the motion in her body. Listen, man. I’m no exorcist, but there is a way that people act when they’re not of …

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Newsmax Host: Black Natl Anthem “Should Be Illegal”

Media Matters has the transcript: BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): Sports is woke culture and it’s really repugnant to me, and so I don’t follow sports super closely. That being said, I do watch the Super Bowl for cultural moments like the Black national anthem being sung. How the hell is this even a thing? What a repugnant, degenerate thing to do, …

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Newsmax CEO: Dropping Us Is An Attack On Jesus

The Christian Post reports: Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy told The Christian Post that DirecTV is “angry” simply because the Florida-based Newsmax is seeking a very “modest” fee of about a dollar per subscriber. For Ruddy, it’s a clear-cut example of political censorship for a network that’s frequently touted by the likes of former President Donald Trump and potential 2024 presidential …

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Newsmax Host: Biden Will Push Satanism During SOTU

“The Grammys had the worst viewership ever. It’s incredible. Woke Grammys had just 12.4 million viewers. We covered this, by the way, on the show yesterday. And I sort of wanted to put a button on why satanism is so resurgent. These godless Marxists look to not God but to themselves for rulership. And we’re going to see a lot …

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Republican Senators Send Demand Letter To DirecTV

The Hill reports: A group of leading Senate Republicans is requesting information from cable provider DirecTV surrounding its recent decision to drop conservative network Newsmax from its channel lineup. In a letter dated Feb. 1 and shared exclusively with The Hill, GOP Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Lindsey Graham (S.C.), Mike Lee (Utah) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) wrote to the cable …

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GOP Rep Compares Dropping Newsmax To Holocaust

“Now they’re going after Newsmax. You know, there’s a famous quote about what happened during the Holocaust when individuals when the Nazis first came for some and people said nothing and then eventually they’ll come for you. And I say this not as a Republican or a Missourian, but as a concerned citizen for a country who has these rights …

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DeSantis Demands “Intellectual Discrimination” Federal Probe Into Cable Carriers Dropping Newsmax And OAN

The Associated Press reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis, who served three terms in the U.S. House, wants a legislative probe on recent decisions by cable carriers to remove One America News Network and Newsmax from their programming lineups. In Bradenton, DeSantis suggested that the House, currently under Republican control, would be the best venue for that urgent inquiry into potential “intellectual …

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GOP Reps Vow Hearings Over DirecTV and Newsmax

“We have a number of questions in that letter that we’ll demand answers for. You know, it could go so far as to have their executives come to talk to us, but, and explain this to us in terms of the — both the timing and the intent. “It could go as far as having public hearings. But I think …

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