Newsmax and One America grapple uneasily with Biden s win
Jeremy Barr
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Washington | For the past six weeks, two upstart cable news channels – Newsmax and One America News – have tried to outflank Fox News from the right by embracing Donald Trump s strategy of election denialism.
Denial TV: Newsmax hopes conservative anger at Fox News and a few Trump tweets can boost the much smaller network.
John Bachman, who anchors an afternoon show on Newsmax, the larger of the two channels, referred to Mr Biden as the President-elect and noted that Mr Trump s legal challenges of the election results had failed at almost every step.
Yet OAN, the smaller of the two channels, virtually ignored the unfolding developments as electors cast their votes, instead devoting about four hours of daytime programming to a live feed of a hearing by the Arizona Senate to address voting procedures. Its 4pm news roundup failed to mention the electoral college vote at all. Newsmax hopes conservative anger at Fox News and a few Trump tweets can boost the much smaller network
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Two upstart US news channels continue to embrace US President Donald Trump s strategy of election denialism, even after the Electoral College has formally confirmed Joe Biden s presidential election victory.