Posted on 11/18/2020 10:18:52 PM PST by DoodleBob
NEW YORK — Now that his largely invisible network has suddenly been flooded by fans of President Donald Trump, Newsmax television personality Grant Stinchfield is puffing out his chest.
“They don't know what to do with all of us,” Stinchfield said on the air Monday night. “We're killing it here on Newsmax with a tactic they've never tried. It's called the truth, the stone-cold truth, and once you get a taste of it, you will never tolerate being lied to again.”
In many cases, the opposite is true. Newsmax, the television arm of a conservative website, has reported falsely that Joe Biden is not the legitimate president-elect because of largely non-existent voter fraud. Its viewers are fed a diet of conspiracy theories to salve the wounds of an election loss — a tactic that's misleading at best and damaging to democracy at worst.
Yet Newsmax's burst, whether or not it lasts, has been astonishingly swift and could foreshadow the first serious threat to Fox News Channel's dominance with conservative viewers in two decades.
“We've really cornered Fox from the right,” said Chris Ruddy, Newsmax founder and friend of Trump. “They've never had that.”
From the beginning of July to the week before Election Day, Newsmax averaged 58,000 viewers from 7 to 10 p.m. on weekdays. That jumped to 568,000 the week after the election, the Nielsen company said. In the same period, daytime viewership increased from 46,000 to 450,000.
For the same dates, Fox News averaged 3.6 million viewers in the evening, Nielsen said. Fox's prime-time viewership during the two weeks after the election was up 50 percent over last year.
“We love competition. We have always thrived on competition,” Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch said on an Election Day earnings call.
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It’s kind of nice to have competition with OANN, Newsmax and a few smaller channels. May the best channel win.
“In many cases, the opposite is true. Newsmax, the television arm of a conservative website, has reported falsely that Joe Biden is not the legitimate president-elect because of largely non-existent voter fraud.”
Biden ISN’T the president-elect. And there was rampant voter fraud.
Davie should check his panties for "accidents"...
David Bauder;
Whistling past the graveyard.
Las Vegas Sunsabiches.
Flack = Target
In many cases, the opposite is true. Newsmax, the television arm of a conservative website, has reported falsely that Joe Biden is not the legitimate president-elect because of largely non-existent voter fraudAw, come on Bauder. I know that its hard to break APs conditioning, but Newsmaxs Stitchfield laid it out for you already, so stop trying to fight it; viewers vote with their feet and you have already acknowledged that.
Right...Right... Whilst their leadership donates to the opposition. We are being led down a primrose path, my friends.
For the same dates, Fox News averaged 3.6 million viewers in the evening, Nielsen said. Fox’s prime-time viewership during the two weeks after the election was up 50 percent over last year.
DoodleBob, not sure why you posted this but I know there are other threads on FR that contradict this info. From what I have read and heard, Fox lost views following election night.
FUX FAUX!
Take it easy my FRiend; it’s the las vegas sun, probably owned and operated by george soros.
I don’t capitalize names I despise.
Yes. Honest competition is always a good thing.
One day soon, I hope these pricks realize....this ain’t about Trump.
* Stinchfield.
It’s actually a repost of the Dissociated Press on their website. I recognized the name David Bauder.
Lefty writer/rag.
Correct, Biden is NOT President-elect. All states have not certified.
He is only Fake News-presumed President-elect.
Newsmax is pretty good BUT they REALLY have to cut down on the Joe Namath commercials- uggh- every break- Even the my pillow guy doesn’t run that many of the same ads
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