Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy has been aggressively parlaying his friendship with President Trump into media exposure for both him and Newsmax — but that closeness also means he’s found himself having to…
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Newsmax’s Ruddy Spins Hard to Deflect Trump Scandals
Newsmax editor Christopher Ruddy is a friend of Donald Trump’s, and he’s been riding Trump’s coattails to build up his own prominence — heck, he’s even written a pro-Trump op-ed for the…
Trump Buddy Ruddy Plays Up The Palsy-Walsy
If the head of a news organization was longtime friends with the president to the point where he’s regularly hanging out with him and visiting the Oval Office, the right-wing media would…
Newsmax’s Ruddy Chillin’ With Trump — And Michael Savage
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy has long been a buddy of Donald Trump — close enough to the president that they hang out together at Mar-a-Lago. Over the weekend, we got treated to…
Trump Buddy Ruddy Walks Back His Criticism of Priebus
Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy appeared on the Feb. 12 edition of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” mostly to shill for his buddy Donald Trump and to tamp down suggestions that the president doesn’t know…
Newsmax’s Ruddy Staying Buddy-Buddy With Trump
One of the more minor controversies involved whether author Harry Hurt III was actually escorted off the grounds of a Trump golf club. Newsmax has its own take on it in a…
Newsmax’s Ruddy — A Trump Buddy — Is Concerned About Anti-Trump Media Coverage
A Dec. 19 Newsmax article summarizes its boss’ appearance on CNN: The news media was biased in its coverage of Donald Trump and that partiality had a bigger impact on the election…
ConWeb Is Well Represented in Secretive Right-Wing Group
In May, the Southern Poverty Law Center published a list members (as of 2014) of the Council for National Policy, a secretive group of right-wing power players in politics, culture and the…
Christopher Ruddy’s Jeb Fail
Jeb Bush is out of the presidential race now, though Newsmax editor Christopher Ruddy shilled hard for him of late, writing two columns in the past few weeks to boost him. Ruddy…
Newsmax’s Ruddy Defends O’Reilly Over Reagan Book, Says Will Should Quit Fox
Newsmax editor and CEO Christopher Ruddy has had enough of the feud between Bill O’Reilly and George Will over O’Reilly’s book “Killing Reagan” — and he’s taking O’Reilly’s side. In a Nov….