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Newsmax got funding from Qatari royal
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Posted By: Dreadnought, 3/26/2024 4:48:46 PM

Newsmax, the conservative cable news channel touted by former President Trump and his allies, received funding from a member of the Qatari royal family during Trump’s years in the White House, according to a new report. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that a member of the Qatari royal family invested roughly $50 million in Newsmax in 2019 and 2020, citing documents and representatives for the media company and the royal. At the time the investment was made, the Post noted a coalition of countries led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had put up a diplomatic and economic blockade against Qatar, over what they said were ties to terrorist

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Bur Oak 3/26/2024 4:53:29 PM (No. 1686329)
How much funding has Biden given Iran?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: cold porridge 3/26/2024 5:14:33 PM (No. 1686341)
Now write a story about all the MSM companies that get money from China and all the Hollywood movie companies and all the Universities and...and....and.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: plomke 3/26/2024 5:17:07 PM (No. 1686344)
And Lachlan Murdock is married into the House of Saud. Your point is...
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Dreadnought 3/26/2024 5:21:07 PM (No. 1686348)
In the probable interest in transparency, the Post's (very long) article sources the information as follows... "The documents came from a trove of roughly 100,000 leaked files from Genesis Trust, a Cayman Islands-based financial services provider, which were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and reviewed by The Washington Post." The lead writer of the Post report works for the ICIJ. The ICIJ is funded by donations, including funds sourced from the Open Society Foundation.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Birddog 3/26/2024 6:42:32 PM (No. 1686385)
The source isn't from "Leaked Files" it is from "Stolen/Hacked" files... I have read quite a few Newsmax stories, even watched Newsmax TV, maybe three times(I don't watch ANYTHING on TV for the most part) Never once saw a story that puffed Qatar, nor fluffed the Muslim Brotherhood, nor Hamas, nor Hezbollah, nor OPEC...or anything at ALL that in anyway seemed out of place on a Mainstream Right, "News" platform.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: stablemoney 3/26/2024 6:48:28 PM (No. 1686391)
The WaPo got funding from Jeff Bezos during the Trump administration.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: montwoodcliff 3/26/2024 7:30:16 PM (No. 1686417)
Oh, the horror! I can’t imagine how many people will be swayed to be anti-Newsmax. Who really gives a rat’s patootie about this? Certainly not me.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Boomerdeplorable 3/26/2024 7:47:51 PM (No. 1686427)
Watching more Newsmax all the time. See lots of people who use to be on Fox. They're not as polished as Fox, but its still better, they're not afraid to say the word Trump!!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: thefield 3/26/2024 9:30:20 PM (No. 1686511)
So?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: 3XALADY 3/27/2024 9:34:40 AM (No. 1686786)
I watch Greg Kelly and Rob Schmitt on evening Newsmax and they are on Biden like white on rice! Of course they cover other issues as well. I highly recommend them. Was a Fox viewer for 20 years, no more.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: rusino 3/27/2024 2:18:01 PM (No. 1686989)
I do not Trust anything published on The Hill!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: judy 3/27/2024 8:38:36 PM (No. 1687194)
Did they receive zuckerbucks?
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