How Newsmax’s Cable-Fee Fight Spiraled Into the Right’s Latest “Censorship” Crusade

In early January, the veteran anchor Greta Van Susteren had a message for the newly sworn-in lawmakers on Capitol Hill: Congress “should investigate AT&T, DirecTV for censorship of OAN.” “Deplatforming conservative media is a threat to our freedoms,” wrote Van Susteren, a former Fox News host who was hired last year by Newsmax, the upstart conservative cable news network. Her tweet seemingly came out of nowhere. One America News, or OAN, the far-right, pro-Trump network, had been dropped by DirecTV last spring, causing a minor stir among Republicans and conservatives. The network filed a lawsuit against the satellite television provider,… Read Full Article