The right-wing outlet denies the quid pro quo accusation.
over 2020-election defamation lawsuits, right-wing media outlet Newsmax is now being accused of running a payola scheme on at least one Republican presidential candidate.Chris RuddySunday. According to the outlet, Ramaswamy was on a call with Ruddy, lamenting the humdrum daytime slots he was receiving on the channel, when the executive advised Ramaswamy to buy more ads on the network if he wanted more coverage.
Newsmax has vehemently denied the claim. “That Newsmax is asking candidates to advertise in order to ensure coverage as some quid pro quo…is categorically untrue and incorrect,” network spokespersontold Semafor. “There is no correlation between advertising and editorial visibility for any candidate on Newsmax.” Daddi continued: “If candidates want to reach our audience outside of our programming, then, of course, advertising would be a good way for them to do this.
Per Semafor, Ramaswamy also told people that Ruddy said such an ads-for-coverage arrangement was already doing wonders for the campaign of1% nationally. Johnson, as noted by Semafor, has bought campaign ads on Newsmax and received favorable coverage, including recurring behind-the-scenes segments on his campaign.
filed by election hardware and software company Dominion Voting Systems, both over the network’s role in promoting election lies pushed byand his allies. In April, Dominion settled a similar suit with Fox News for a whopping $787.5 million.
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