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Newsmax Renews Deal to Be Carried by Verizon’s Fios

Verizon’s Fios We have reached an agreement to continue to be delivered by the network. ..

A Verizon spokeswoman confirmed the update. Newsmax described this as a “multi-year” contract. statement Posted on that website on Wednesday.

The deal comes shortly after Verizon announces that it will not publish One America News after this week. Both networks are known to serve as a platform for loyalty to former President Trump and his accused allegations of fraudulent voting rampant in the 2020 elections.

With much larger Fox News, they are facing defamation proceedings over some of those claims. Dominion Voting Systems, an election technology company that was the target of the Protrump conspiracy theory after the 2020 election, is seeking $ 1.6 billion from each network.

Last year, in the face of a proceeding from Dominion employees, Newsmax issued a formal apology for spreading allegations that workers were equipped with voting machines against Mr. Trump.In a statement at the time, Newsmax “No evidence” of the claim.

However, the network is also discussing the benefits of Dominion’s proceedings, saying it reports on allegations made by Trump supporters.

“Dominion claims to have defamed Trump and his supporters because they have hurt them,” the company’s representative, Bill Daddy, wrote in an email Thursday.

Verizon said the decision to abolish OAN was the result of a disagreement with the terms of the new sales agreement.
Verizon’s Fios service will stop delivering OAN from Saturday.

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