President Trump Calls for Canceling AT&T DirecTV After Newsmax Dropped

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    Former President Donald Trump Wednesday night joined the outcry against AT&T DirecTV's removal of Newsmax from its satellite and cable systems, calling it "disgusting" and saying that the move was a "big blow to the Republican Party and to America itself."

    In a post on his Truth Social, Trump wrote:

    "WOW. AT&T DIRECTV REMOVES NEWSMAX FROM ITS CHANNEL LINEUP. This disgusting move comes after “deplatforming” OAN last year. The Radical Left seems to have taken over the mind and soul of AT&T. This is a big blow to the Republican Party, and to America itself.”

    Trump continued: “For DIRECTV to drop very popular NEWSMAX, without explanation, will not be accepted. I, for one, will be dropping all association with AT&T and DIRECTV, and I have plenty. This is just one of many reasons why we must WIN IN 2024!!!"…

    …DirecTV pays cable license fees to all top 75 cable channels and to all 22 liberal news and information channels it carries, with rates that are significantly more than Newsmax was seeking. Most of these channels have much lower ratings than Newsmax. The company has told the press and Congress it would never pay a license fee to Newsmax.

    Company CEO Christopher Ruddy called the cancellation a "blatant act of political discrimination and censorship against Newsmax."

    "The most extreme liberal channels, even with tiny ratings, get fees from AT&T's DirecTV, but Newsmax and OAN need to be deplatformed," …










    read more news: https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-newsmax-directv/2023/01/26/id/1105988/











    AT&T is totally a biased platform paying tons of money to carry all sorts of liberal media but not even one cent for conservative media. This kind of cancel culture censorship must be confronted. AT&T is the definition of corporate wokeness.
     
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    Trump is right to call for an all out boycott of AT&T and I endorse his call for this action. I will never have anything to do with AT&T going forward. Boycott AT&T!
     
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    Ratings don't matter. What matters to companies like directv is how much they take in from subscribers versus what they pay out to license content. Newsmax wanting more money isn't about what they are owed based on ratings, it's about that additional sum forcing DirecTV to raise rates on it's customers for newsmax alone. Plus, it could incentivize other provides to ask for more as well. Something that would again, raise rates on it's customers. DirecTV has no obligation to put newsmax or anything else on their service. There is not constitutional issue and no censorship issue considering newsmax is available elsewhere easily and at lower cost than DirecTV. This is yet another non-issue issue but it sure is fun!
     
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    We are in 2022. There's no president trump.
    Have you not been paying attention for the last 2 yrs?

    Providers can choose any media to do business with. It's part of free market capitalism.
    Most typically won't do business with those that would lose them money.
     
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    We dumped DirecTV over 3 years ago, for reasons having nothing to do with the Newsmax or the Mango Mussolini..

    In fact, this news might make me reconsider DirecTV, since he's NEVER right about anything...

    (That's a joke... we are very happy with our streaming service)

    (Also, we are in 2023)
     
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    Or it is not profitable to carry such a low rated "news" network
     
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    It is censorship. NewsMax wasn’t charging them anything until now and asked for 1/8th of what MSNBC and 1/12th what CNN gets. AT&T CEO is on record saying they would not pay anything to NewsMax no matter what they brought in in return. The boycott is on.
     
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    They pay a lot more for liberal content with far more niche ratings.
     
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    Of course, because that is how businesses operate.
     
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    Why didn't Trump or republicans point out Direc TV was adding conservative news outlet The First in place of Newsmax? Oh right, because it would ruin the narrative that corporate American is bullying and silencing conservatives. If Newsmax is as popular as Trump thinks, it should have no problems finding a provider to carry their channel.

    Please note networks have no obligation to air any channel.
     
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    It isn't censorship. DirecTV is not preventing Newsmax from seeking a deal elsewhere.
     
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    Does anyone really care what they whine about anymore? The cries just seem to get more and more pathetic.
     
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    And no one prevented someone from getting a cake at a different bakery yet people like you hollered, screamed and stomped your feet.
     
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    Saving this post as it will save me time typing as I copypasta it in a lot of lib threads. Thanks
     
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    Can you tell me something that is more pathetic than a failed impeached president calling for the boycott of a broadcaster because they canceled an unprofitable conservative station and replaced it with another conservative station?

    What lib thread compares?
     
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    One is due to discrimination — the other is due to profits. I thought you guys loved capitalism?
     
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    Gays are a protected class in Colorado. Being conservative isn't a protected class although we may see legislation in the next couple of years.
     
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    The baker wouldn't serve any gays. DirecTV replaced Newsmax with another conservative news outlet, so it's hard to argue discrimination.
     
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    One of the few areas I think the Biden admin has been relatively positive has been on anti-trust enforcement.

    I must admit I am not convinced by the theoretical underpinnings of antitrust law, but it is the law, and these big tech trusts are far more monopolistic than anything back in the day, even Standard Oil.

    It's a big problem when virtual monopolies like Google, Apple and AWS can collude to exclude competitors like Parler. Overnight Parler went from the number one app on the app store to basically not functioning, not even able to receive updates.

    I don't particularly like Parler, which is an echo chamber, but what happened to them was a massive admission of the monopolistic power these big tech firms have.
     
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    Newsmax is a partisan rag. It's been proven wrong so many times that it's not even worth listening. Kind of like the National Enquirer for politics. Yes, the Enquirer was right that one time. That one time. Trump's still too old
     
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    You're against capitalism?
     
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    Do you know it's 2022?
    There's no president trump. Sheesh.
     
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    Bad time to be an AT&T Stockholder...
    Trump's Proclamations are an Earth-Shaking Gamechanger...
    By now, so many people have followed Trump"s "Recommendation" that by this time tomorrow AT&T Stock Price will have crashed quicker thsn Enron in November 2001...
    Most likely, the overseas markets have already suspended trading AT&T Stock before the entire world economy implodes!
    When Trump Talks, People Listen!
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    Lol…what a snowflake your seditious orange traitor is.
     
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    Democrats hate free speech, freedom of religion, the right to bear arms.... hmmmm. We've seen this before in history, although its new in the United States.
     

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