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Newsmax Claims DirecTV Pays 22 ‘Liberal News’ Channels—That’s Not True
TV TUSSLE
Newsmax has flooded the zone with spurious and outright false claims that DirecTV is paying for 22 “low-rated” liberal news networks while refusing to give them a cent.
Justin Baragona
Senior Media Reporter
Published
Feb. 2 2023
7:27PM EST
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