Newsmax is off DirecTV, blaming liberal pressure. The satellite TV company says the move is to keep customer bills low in the face of cord-cutting.
Viewers who have tuned into the conservative news channel Newsmax in recent weeks may think they are watching a telethon.
Republican members of Congress — many of whom depend on Newsmax to give them free range to air their views with little pushback — have called for investigative hearings into DirecTV’s action on top of the recent ones held to probe the political motivations of tech companies. “When we’re facing even more intense cost pressure, then we have to squint at that deal extra hard and make that determination for our product and for our customers,” said Rob Thun, chief content officer for DirecTV, in an interview. “And last I checked it’s a free market. Our decision is based on economics, not political ideology.”
Trump’s administration unsuccessfully acted to block AT&T’s merger with Time Warner in 2017 because he was angry over CNN’s coverage of him. The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit, but a judge ruled in favor of AT&T and the deal was completed. Shortly after dropping Newsmax, DirecTV added another conservative talk channel, the First, which includes such personalities as former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and Dana Loesch, a onetime spokesperson for the National Rifle Assn.Thun said that carrying the First demonstrates a commitment by DirecTV to offer a range of political views.
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