20 Facts About Newsmax Media

1.

Newsmax Media operates a print magazine called Newsmax as well as the cable news channel Newsmax TV.

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2.

Newsmax Media launched a cable TV channel on June 16,2014 to 35 million satellite subscribers through DirecTV and Dish Network.

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3.

Newsmax Media later issued an apology and publicly retracted any voter fraud conspiracy allegations.

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4.

In 2014, Newsmax Media donated $1 million to the Clinton Foundation and CEO Christopher Ruddy has accompanied President Clinton on foundation trips to Africa.

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5.

The paper said Newsmax Media had witnessed 40 percent growth rates per annum over the past decade, closing 2009 with $35 million revenues, up from $25 million the year before.

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6.

In March 2014, Newsmax Media was profiled in Bloomberg Businessweek by correspondent Karl Taro Greenfeld.

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7.

Newsmax Media has made their more conservative leanings a selling point to disaffected Fox News viewers, as well as employing Fox News alumni to join their lineup on Newsmax Media TV, such as Rob Schmitt and Greg Kelly.

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8.

Newsmax Media promoted baseless allegations that voting machine company Smartmatic and its competitor Dominion Voting Systems had conspired to rig the election against Trump.

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9.

Days later, a Newsmax Media host stated the company "would like to clarify its news coverage and note it has not reported as true certain claims" made by Newsmax Media interviewees about Dominion and Smartmatic.

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10.

Newsmax Media declared that it had "no evidence" of certain claims made on its programming, including the claim that the two companies have a business relationship, the claim that either company used each other's software, and the claim that either company "manipulated votes" in the 2020 American general election.

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11.

Newsmax Media stated it had "no evidence" that Smartmatic software was used anywhere except Los Angeles during the 2020 election.

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12.

Newsmax Media additionally said viewers should be aware of "several facts", including that both companies have no relationship with George Soros, and that "Smartmatic is a US company and not owned by the Venezuelan government" or any other foreign entity.

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13.

Newsmax Media has previously donated $1 million to the Clinton Foundation.

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14.

Newsmax Media said in a statement that it had "simply reported on allegations made by well-known public figures, including the President, his advisors and members of Congress", adding: "Dominion's action today is a clear attempt to squelch such reporting and undermine a free press".

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Twitter removed the tweet that day and suspended Robinson's account for seven days, citing "repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation policy, " as Newsmax Media sought to distance itself from her remark and removed her from the air pending an inquiry.

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16.

Newsmax Media announced the next month that it would not renew Robinson's contract when it ended in January 2022.

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17.

In November 2021, a study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate described Newsmax Media as being among "ten fringe publishers" that together were responsible for nearly 70 percent of Facebook user interactions with content that denied climate change.

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18.

In 2010, Nielsen Online said Newsmax Media was the most trafficked conservative website with approximately 4 million unique visitors monthly.

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19.

In March 2014, Newsmax Media was profiled in Bloomberg Businessweek by correspondent Karl Taro Greenfeld.

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20.

In 2014, Newsmax Media announced they would be starting a new television news channel.

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