"abused its dominance in the right-leaning pay TV news market for years by coercing distributors into unfair carriage agreements designed to exclude or marginalize competitors like Newsmax."
"has allegedly pressured its guests to not appear on Newsmax, as well as has run online smear campaigns and hired private investigators targeting Newsmax executives to damage the Company's credibility."
"By keeping rivals off affordable distribution packages, Fox has denied millions of Americans the diversity of viewpoints that a healthy marketplace of ideas requires,"
Newsmax filed an antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida accusing Fox of abusing dominance in the right-leaning pay TV news market by coercing distributors into unfair carriage agreements that excluded or marginalized competitors. Newsmax cited tactics including contractual conditions forbidding distributors from carrying competing right-leaning channels and penalizing them for carrying competitive programming. The complaint alleges Fox pressured guests to avoid Newsmax, ran online smear campaigns, and hired private investigators targeting Newsmax executives. Newsmax says these tactics harmed its growth on digital platforms and consumer choice and seeks monetary damages and equitable relief to restore competition.
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