NewsMax suits Fox News because of the presence of “monopoly” on right -wing news

NewsMax NewsMax sues Fox News, accused of her colleague in the right network from participating in anti -competitive practices.

in A lawsuit against monopoly NEWSMAX was introduced in Florida this week, and Fox accused of offering its location at the top of the food chain of the right -wing media to preserve young competitors – that is, itself.

“Fox Corporation has long participated in an exclusion scheme to increase its hegemony in the market for the news paid in the United States, which led to the suppression of competition in this market that harms consumers, competition, and broadcasting newspapers,”. Announcer complaints.

It is clear that Fox differs. When it was reached to comment by Gizmodo, a Fox News spokesman presented the following comment: “Newsmax cannot prosecute her competitive failures in the market to chase newspaper addresses simply because they cannot attract viewers.”

The lawsuit claims that if it was not for “Fox’s anti -competition behavior”, Newsmax had “achieved a greater distribution on television, witnessed its fans and classifications sooner, and” the critical bloc “earned earlier for the main advertisers and becomes, in general, a more valuable media feature.” Newsmax argues that Fox used at least three anti -competition methods that include the following:

First, Fox imposes explicit or implicit provisions “non -pregnancy” on distributors, and adapting access to its critical content commercially on the privilege of distributors by not carrying other right -wing news channels such as NewsMax and others.

Second, it imposes financial penalties on distributors if they carry Newsmax or others by asking distributors to carry and pay high fees for FOX channels that you have passed like Fox Business.

Third, FOX introduces a set of other contractual barriers in transportation agreements aimed at preventing newsmax and other competition. These tactics constitute illegal restrictions on trade and a direct flow of Fox monopoly of the right -wing television news market.

The idea of ​​that One of the broadcasters is the favorite news in Donald Trump It is a very surprising thing. Trump has repeatedly praised the NEWSMAX, including this summer, when I promoted the network On the social media platform, social truth. Fox, of course, is Trump’s first love– Long and deep love – despite the fact that Trump recently A lawsuit against its founderRobert Murdoch, about a story published by the other Murdoch port, the Wall Street Journal, which provided alleged details of Trump’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Fox and NewsMax have other common things other than the president’s love, that is, they have faced tremendous legal problems due to reporting the allegations that are unfounded by his followers. FOX and NewsMax have faced catastrophic lawsuits by election sellers on network roles in publishing the theories of the voting machine plot during the 2020 presidential elections. NewsMax has since then He settled with Smartmatic and Dominional voting systemsWhile Fox recently He settled with Dominion.