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Right-Wingers ERUPT Over Suspicious Newsmax Boycott Deal
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5:47Now PlayingRight-wingers are rejoicing after Newsmax and DirecTV strike a new deal to return programming, which they believe is due to a Republican boycott rather than a new financial settlement. John Iadarola and Jessica Burbank break it down on The Damage Report.
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Newsmax DirecTV Return Leaves Republicans Celebrating'Boycotts Work'
"Republicans have celebrated the announcement that Newsmax will return to cable television after it brokered a deal with DirecTV following a politically-charged dispute over its carriage fee.
On January 25, DirecTV stopped broadcasting Newsmax after a row over a new deal went unresolved. On Wednesday, the cable provider announced that the channel would return on March 23 after the two sides reached a multi-year distribution agreement.
DirecTV previously said it would have liked to continue offering the channel, but that Newsmax demanded a fee—as other major news channels do—to supplement advertising revenue, which it argued would have led to increased costs for its viewers.
The channel and a raft of GOP congressmen claimed Newsmax had been "de-platformed" for being a conservative outlet. One representative compared the loss of the channel to the Holocaust on the House floor, while Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert said conservatives were "not being treated fairly.""
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