Trump loses access to millions of viewers ahead of first campaign rally

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Trump loses access to millions of viewers ahead of first campaign rally
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Newsmax is often the only place on cable to view Trump rallies, netting them millions of viewers. How many will need to go elsewhere?

Newsmax executives called the move politically motivated, with Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy calling the decision"a blatant act of political discrimination and censorship against Newsmax" in an article from the channelThe person most likely to be hurt, however, is the person whom the channel has all but built itself around: former President Donald Trump.

Cable carrier DirecTV announced this week it would be dropping the conservative cable news channel Newsmax from its list of offered channels. Newsmax often aired Trump rallies in entirety.While Newsmax has been around for some time, it—like the more recently established conservative network One America News—was never fully able to compete with the major networks, with average primetime ratings wavering between a range of 130,000 and 230,000 nightly viewers over the past six months.

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