'Sign of the times': Far-right network sues Fox News

Newsmax, like One America News Network (OANN), prides itself on being to the right of Fox News and Fox Business and even more pro-Donald Trump than Rupert Murdoch's cable news outlets. But while the far-right Newsmax attracts an audience of ultra-MAGA viewers, that audience is much smaller than that of Fox News.

Now, Newsmax is suing Fox News, alleging that it violates anti-trust laws by functioning as a monopoly.

Bloomberg Law's Katie Arcieri, in an article published on Wednesday, September 3, reported: "Fox News dominates that market because it has 'kept out, or restricted, competitors including but not limited to Newsmax and One America News Network,' according to a complaint filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Meanwhile, the center-left TV news market has numerous, powerful competitors, including CNN, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS and others."

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OANN, Arcieri notes, is not listed as a plaintiff in Newsmax's lawsuit.

According to Arcieri, "Fox News allegedly coerces distributors into unfair terms that either prevent those distributors from carrying competitors of Fox News, including Newsmax, the complaint says. It also imposes financial penalties on distributors if they carry Newsmax or others by requiring the distributors to carry and pay high fees for Fox channels such as Fox Business. Further, Fox inserts contractual barriers into its carriage agreements intended to prevent Newsmax and others from competing, the complaint states."

Andrew Gavil, a law professor at Howard University for his expertise on antitrust law, see's Newsmax's lawsuit as a "sign of the times."

Gavil told Bloomberg News, "Maybe because we are a very divided country, having access to those consumers is really important if you want to be in that same space and be an influencer of the right wing, which at least for the moment seems to be in a significantly powerful position in the country."

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