After the election, with many of Trump s most ardent followers abandoning Fox News, Newsmax seemed to be in a perfect position to scoop up his followers.
Fox s brand the story it promotes to competitors and advertisers has been built in part on its two decades of cable ratings dominance and its following among the half of the country it says has been neglected by mainstream television news operation, wrote Sarah Ellison and Jeremy Barr earlier this week.
Newsmax, which was also threatened with a lawsuit by voting machine company Smartmatic, responded by reading a statement on its shows disavowing any claims of fraud committed by either company.