DirecTV just canceled/censored Newsmax.
Fox and Christian TV will be next.
Last year DirecTV canceled one of America’s leading conservative TV networks, OAN, on their satellite platform.
This year it’s going after Newsmax. As of January 24th, Newsmax has been pulled from DirecTV’s lineup.
None of the 22 liberal news networks carried by DirecTV have been taken off the air.
Here are 7 things you should know… And why we must stop it.
1. Newsmax is the 4th highest-rated news channel in the nation, reaching about 25 million.
It’s in the top 20 cable news channels overall.
12 to 14 million DirecTV viewers were just de-platformed… censored.
2. DirecTV says it’s not discriminating against conservatives, but everything they do says it is…
DirecTV says it’s being canceled because of the cost of Newsmax not wanting to pay the cable licensing fees.
Yet, DirecTV pays cable fees to 75 cable channels and all 22 liberal news channels, including MSNBC and CNN—So it makes no sense.
Chris Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax said, “The most extreme liberal channels, even with tiny ratings, get fees from AT&T’s DirecTV, but [in their view] Newsmax and OAN need to be de-platformed. This is a blatant act of political discrimination and censorship against Newsmax.”
3. This is a terrible public act of discrimination and censorship at its worst.
Whether you watch Newsmax or not, you must help us stop it.
DirecTV provides 13.5 million subscribers with satellite services.
Low-rated, left-leaning networks like MSNBC and CNN and the other 20 pro-socialist stations on DirecTV are in no fear of cancelation – But anything conservative or Christian is.
OAN was canceled last year—We warned you Newsmax would be next [see our article, Censorship Escalates: OAN Banned on DirecTV. Are FOX and Christian Programming Next? [Emergency Petition] – 8 Shocking Facts You Should Know.
4. The unseen but powerful regulatory harassment and threats
With today’s politicized bureaucracy – ideologues in the regulatory agencies use their positions to shape political, economic, and cultural change without legislation.
AT&T/DirectTV…and other media companies are under tremendous pressure from regulatory agencies such as the FCC, DOJ, FTC, SEC, and more.
This is having a challenging effect on a company’s decisions.
5. Radical pro-socialist groups claim the victory – this is how they did it.
The campaign against conservative media is smart and well-organized and uses data and advanced marketing techniques to mobilize an army of supporters to overwhelm their target – and win.
They have already claimed victory by canceling/censoring OAN.
The pro-socialist “MeidasTouch PAC” said to its organized mobilizers in response to DirecTV’s banning of OAN:
“You made this happen. Thank you to everyone who stepped up and made your voices heard – and thank you AT&T and DirecTV for listening.”
Last year, the pro-socialist Media Matters and fifteen other radical groups wrote a letter to AT&T CEO John Stankey (the owner of Direct TV) and Bill Morrow, the CEO of DirecTV.
They said:
“We, the undersigned 16 civil-rights, human-rights, and media-justice organizations, call on you to end your business relationships with One America News Network (OAN).”
Other groups used their databases of members, donors and supporters to organize against OAN and now Newsmax.
The NAACP also demanded that AT&T “drop OAN immediately.”
I suspect we will find they did this to Newsmax as well.
6. The White House and the Deep State bureaucracy call for censorship
The President and top bureaucrats have all been calling for censoring “misinformation by the traditional and social media.”
For example, the Surgeon General of the United States – supposedly a “non-partisan” Biden appointee – has called for Joe Rogan to be censored.
President Biden set the tone when he said:
“I make a special appeal to social media companies and media outlets – please deal with the misinformation and disinformation that’s on our shows. It has to stop.”
Not long after, OAN and now Newsmax were canceled from DirecTV.
7. Pro-socialist Democrat congressional leaders push the banning of conservative media.
In the Senate and House, the pro-socialist Democrats have been calling for censorship.
For example, the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Communications and Technology Subcommittee looked at what they called “disinformation” and “extremism” in the media.
Congresspersons Anna Eshoo and Jerry McNerney, two California Democrats who both sit on the committee, sent a letter to multiple TV service providers, including AT&T, Verizon, Roku, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, Charter, DISH, Cox, Altice, Hulu, as well as Google’s parent, Alphabet, asking them why they carried the three “purported” news outlets that they say function as “misinformation rumor mills and conspiracy theory hotbeds that produce content that leads to real harm.”
They claimed that “right-wing” media outlets like Newsmax, One America News Network (OAN), and Fox News all aired misinformation about the 2020 elections”.
In the letter, Eshoo and McNerney asked, “Are you planning to continue carrying FOX News, Newsmax, and OAN on U-verse, DirecTV, and AT&T TV both now and beyond any contract renewal date? If so, why?”
Next on the cancel list will be Fox and Christian stations unless we show massive opposition.
Don’t just let this happen. Here are 3 things you can do:
- If you’re a DirecTV customer call them toll-free at 877-763-9762, and demand that they keep Newsmax.
- If you’re an AT&T customer (for phone, cell, internet, or cable) call them and demand they end their censorship of Newsmax and other conservative programming—AT&T owns DirecTV. Call AT&T at 888-855-2333.
- Sign our online petition and share this article with all of your friends and family. We need thousands of petition signers now… We will deliver the petition to AT&T and DirecTV corporate decision-makers, key DirecTV advertisers, and the media.
What do you think? Email me at [email protected].
Watch this video here: Attack on Freedom of Speech: Big Tech’s Latest Authoritarian Move to End Free Speech for Conservatives, Libertarians and Christians [Videos]