As Donald Trump became the official Republican presidential candidate, Newsmax ramped up its longstanding partisan strategy of devoting multiple stenographical articles to Trump rallies and appearances on its TV channel. Let’s take a look at some recent blanket coverage Newsmax has done.
Newsmax TV appearance, July 23:
- Donald Trump to Newsmax: Cheatle Should Have Been Fired ‘in an Hour’
- Donald Trump to Newsmax: ‘Unbelievable Enthusiasm’ Only Rising
- Donald Trump to Newsmax: Debates Are for ‘Exposing People’
- Donald Trump to Newsmax: Respect Israel, Don’t Vote Democrat
- Donald Trump to Newsmax: Dems Running ‘a Big Con Game’
No evidence was provided that interviewer Sebastian Gorka asked anything in the way of challenging questions of Trump.
Rally in Charlotte, N.C., July 24
- Trump Takes Case Against VP Harris to North Carolina Rally
- Trump Slams Harris at N.C. Rally: ‘Radical Left Lunatic’
- Trump in N.C.: We’ll Defeat Harris Like We Defeated Biden
Turning Point USA Believers and Ballots summit, West Palm Beach, Fla., July 26
- Trump Calls for Christian Vote: ‘If You Don’t Vote, We’re Not Going to Win’
- Trump Blasts ‘Comma-la’ as Leftist ‘Bum,’ Politicizing Judiciary
- Trump: ‘Harris Stabbed Israel in Back in Its Great Hour of Need’
Bitcoin conference in Nashville, July 27
- Trump Vows to Make US the ‘Bitcoin Superpower of the World’
- Trump on Latest Attack on Israel: ‘We Just Cannot Let It Continue’
Rally in St. Cloud, Minn., July 27
- Trump: Harris Is ‘Total Radical on Abortion’
- Trump: Forcing Biden Out ‘Was a Coup of the Presidency’
- Trump: ‘Remember, I Sent National Guard to Save Minneapolis’ (Trump is lying, but writer Eric Mack made no effort to fact-check his claim)
Rally in Harrisburg, Pa., July 31
- In Return to Pa., Trump Hails Rally Shooting Victims
- Trump: ‘Kamala, Let’s Go, Challenge Accepted’
- Trump Trolls Harris: ‘We Didn’t Need a Star’
- Trump: ‘Unlike Harris, I Can’t Be Bought’
Rally in Atlanta, Aug. 3
- Trump: Georgia GOP Leaders ‘Want Us to Lose’
- Trump on Debate With Harris: ‘I Don’t Think She’s Going to Show Up’
- Trump Targets Brian Kemp at Rally: ‘Most Disloyal’ (Newsmax surprisingly also published Kemp’s response to Trump)
Trump news conference, Aug. 8
- Trump: We Have Enthusiasm Behind Us, Not Harris
- Trump Says He’s Willing to Debate Harris Three Times
- Trump: Prosecuting Hillary Would Have Been Bad For Country
- Trump: Assassination Attempt Didn’t Alter Gun Rights View
- Trump Signals Interest in Influencing Federal Reserve Decisions (wire article)
Aside from the Kemp response, no effort was made to fact-check anything Trump said, and most of the articles made a point of noting that the rally or speech “aired live and in its entirety on Newsmax and the free Newsmax2 streaming platform.” Newsmax made no effort to provide similar blanket coverage to speeches or rallies by Kamala Harris, making its right-wing, pro-Trump bias look painfully apparent.