Noted former Harvard professor and famed liberal constitutional attorney Alan Dershowitz harshly criticized AT&T DirecTV for removing Newsmax from its channel lineup.
"Clearly, they used economic reasons as a cover for political reasons," Dershowitz told Newsmax's Greta Van Susteren Monday night.
"The only two stations that they bumped are two [that are] relatively conservative: Newsmax is kind of centrist-conservative, and the other one that's much more hard-right conservative." (One America News)
Dershowitz said he believes AT&T's decision "had elements of partisan and ideological and political bias directed at stations that don't adhere to the views of the company." "I think it's just wrong," Dershowitz concluded.
"Anybody who believes that this was purely an economic decision should buy a bridge in Brooklyn," he said, adding that A&T DirecTV "ought to reconsider and put Newsmax back on."
He noted that, as a legal matter, DirecTV might not be acting outside the law, but taking Newsmax off its television service is "wrong" and irresponsible to "good citizenship" in an America with free speech.
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Dershowitz goes on to say, "I can't imagine one of my former students sitting there and saying, 'Oh, this is a good thing; let's just take Newsmax off the air and deny them the ability to speak and keep people from watching them; that sounds like a great idea' — no, they wouldn’t say that." Dershowitz said.
However many Libs on this forum have already formed their opinion that this IS a good idea. Yea! One less of the miniscule amount of center right voices eliminated. So all we end up with is our own leftist echo chamber. That's a good thing for us (but not the US).
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https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/directv-law-free-speech/2023/02/06/id/1107543/?ns_mail_uid=abaa3a2e-7568-4d6d-957e-73c39a9c1582&ns_mail_job=DM433147_02072023&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0101044s2789