Newsmax sues Fox News in battle of right-wing TV networks

[Hume]

Right-wing US media network Newsmax is suing Fox News over what it claims are anticompetitive tactics to supress competition, teeing up a legal battle in the American conservative news space.

The lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court, accuses Fox News of using its market power to coerce TV providers to restrict competing right-leaning channels.

Newsmax sues Fox News in battle of right-wing TV networks

Newsmax accuses its more established rival of engaging in a campaign to stunt its business that violates competition law.

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[Hume]

It's alleged Fox News uses exclusive content deals to block other right-wing channels, and imposes financial penalties on providers that do carry other conservative networks, among other exclusionary tactics.

The suit also accuses Fox News of using intimidation including pressuring its guests to not appear on rival networks, and hiring private investigators to target Newsmax executives

 

[Nordberg]

They are respecting the law and capitalism in the special way that the right does.

 

[Walt]

They are attacking each other in their insanity. It is sad to watch, and yet we cannot look away.