Newsmax Vs. Direct TV-It's NOT Censorship! – The Lid

At the end of January, Direct TV announced they were dropping the conservative news channel Newsmax. A claim by Newsmax that went viral was they were dropped to censor a conservative view of news sent Republican politicians and bloggers to crazy town. You see, that claim is fake news.

If Direct TV was trying to censor the conservative point of view, why would they replace Newsmax with another conservative news network? The First Network features conservative hosts such as Bill O’Reilly, Dana Loesch, Liz Wheeler, Mike Slater, and Jesse Kelly. On its website, First Network describes its “consistent commitment to conservative values.” Gee, that doesn’t sound like censorship.