Newsmax And Pro-Trump Media Walk Back Voting Conspiracies After Legal Threat

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Newsmax, a far-right news network that routinely peddles baseless conspiracy theories that favor Donald Trump, over the weekend began airing a lengthy clarification of its coverage about voter fraud in the presidential election.

In a nearly two-minute statement that is being read on all Newsmax shows, the channel is essentially walking back its own groundless claims that electronic voting system companies Smartmatic and Dominion were involved in some kind of nefarious attempt to steal the election.

“There are several facts our viewers and readers should be aware,” host John Tabacco said on Monday, before debunking a long list of conspiratorial claims.

“Neither Dominion nor Smartmatic has any relationship with George Soros. Smartmatic is a U.S. company and not owned by the Venezuelan government, Hugo Chavez or any foreign official or entity. Smartmatic states it has no operations in Venezuela,” he continued.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/newsmax-smartmatic-fox-news_n_5fe108e8c5b60d416344f057

[Faux pas]

1. Kickin'

[dhill926]

2. I wonder if by reading their own statement....

any of these assholes will realize just how stupid they sound...

[demosincebirth]

3. Nope

[grumpyduck]

4. Obviously, lawyers and lawsuits

are the one thing they're afraid of.

Now we know.

[mtnsnake]

5. Cool. It goes to show the best way to get those assholes is to hit 'em where it hurts

which is right in their wallets. Funny how a legal threat or two thwarts their ridiculous bullshit.

[LiberalLovinLug]

6. Not nearly enough

Reading out a statement in a quick monotone, and then getting back to bashing Democrats is not sufficient.
There should be an apology to viewers. They should not just say what is the truth now, but say they were wrong to mislead its viewers.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. They are doing the minimum to "mitigate" the damage.

They will still be sued but this is an attempt to lessen the payouts.

In some states, issuing a retraction mitigates the offense.

It’s clearly not enough. You can’t go on for six weeks spreading defamatory information and cure it with one half assed statement.

Their defense will be we are just reporting what others have said.