Newsmax’s pro-Trump-leaning posturing before the Donald Trump-Kamala Harris debate continued as the debate neared. The apparently unironically named Charlie McCarthy served as an uncritical mouthpiece for a Trump mouthpiece who insisted in…
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Newsmax Dutifully Attacks Walz’s Links To China
As part of its initial onslaught of negative attacks on Tim Walz after he was named Kamala Harris’ running mate, Newsmax also focused on Walz’s history of visiting China in an attempt…
Newsmax Repeats Falsehoods About ‘Zuckerbucks’
John Gizzi touted in his April 4 Newsmax column: Wisconsin voters resoundingly elected to ban out-of-state election interference with vote counting Tuesday. Barely 24 hours later, Newsmax learned that members of the Republican…
Newsmax Continued To Attack Biden’s State Of The Union Address
We’ve shown how Newsmax’s coverage of President Biden’s State of the Union address was largely negative, with flashes of pro-Trump propaganda. Both unsurprisingly continued in the days after the speech. John Gizzi…
Newsmax’s Gizzi Serves As Stenographer For Trump Volunteers’ Talking Points
Newsmax’s Trump-fluffing campaign has extended to correspondent John Gizzi, who spent a particularly lazy Feb. 25 article asking young volunteers for Trump’s campaign why they love the guy so much: It has…
Newsmax Continued Pro-Trump Tilt In Coverage Of N.H. Primary
Newsmax’s coverage leading up to the New Hampshire primary was largely pro-Trump and anti-non-Trump candidates, and that continued as the primary drew closer. A Jan. 21 article by Nick Koutsobinas touted the…
Newsmax Was Largely Pro-Trump In Runup To N.H. Primary
After Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses (with a little help from Newsmax’s pro-Trump coverage), it was time for Newsmax to look askance at the non-Trump competition — for instance, a Jan….
Newsmax Kept Pro-Trump Focus In Iowa Caucus Coverage
In the runup to the Iowa caucuses, Newsmax did its usual job of Trump-fluffing: Newsmax did include some coverage of non-Trump candidates, such as a Jan. 13 article noting that an Iowa…
Newsmax Covered DeSantis-Haley Debate — Then Declared Trump The Winner
Newsmax served up some basic coverage of the Jan. 10 Republican presidential debate between the two remaining non-Trump candidates, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley: Earlier in the day, Newsmax had published a…
Newsmax Cut Back Further On Debate Coverage, Again Touted Candidate Who Wasn’t There
Newsmax somehow managed to care even less about the fourth Republican presidential debate than it did the first three. There were a few preview articles, all of which were wire articles: There…