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Actually, it's not just CNN. It's anyone who is a fan of right-wing-propagandist on right-wing-propagandist violence.
Earlier this week, fresh off settling one of the voter-machine lawsuits in which it was the defendant, Newsmax decided that it might like to try out being a plaintiff. And so, the right-wing, low-viewership cable outlet filed suit against... Fox, on the basis that Fox has engaged in illegal anti-competitive practices.
We are not antitrust lawyers, so we're not exactly qualified to judge the merits of the suit. However, reading over the briefing, it sure seems like Newsmax has a case. Most obviously, Fox has reportedly told cable providers, in effect, "If you want our channel, you have to relegate Newsmax/OAN to the boondocks, or to drop them entirely." In addition, Fox has allegedly made liberal (no pun intended) use of the old late-night-talk-show trick: "If you appear as a guest on their network, you can't appear on ours."
Fox has already fired back, of course. Their counter-argument, in effect, is that Newsmax's problem is not that it is the victim of anti-competitive practices. No, the network's problem is that... it sucks. Ipso facto, it's not Fox's fault that Newsmax can't attract any viewers, it's Newsmax's fault.
We do not know what the ultimate ruling in the court case will be. But we do know who wins when two obnoxious cable channels get into an ugly and expensive legal fight with one another: Everyone. (Z)