From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   It appears that Bill Horne  said:   
   >By Alan Dershowitz, Emeritus professor of law, Harvard Law School   
   >   
   >AT&T's recent deplatforming of Newsmax, one of America's most   
   >influential cable news channels, should alarm everyone, including   
   >liberals. We are all at risk when censorship occurs—when one is silenced   
   >based on his or her point of view.   
   >   
   >The facts strongly suggest that partisan and ideological motives played   
   >a sizable role in AT&T and DirecTV's decision to remove Newsmax ...   
      
   I don't know what has happened to Dershowitz.  He used to be a top tier   
   legal professor, but now he's just trolling.   
      
   The actual issue is that Newsmax demanded that DirecTV pay them, and   
   DirecTV said no.  They are quite willing to continue to carry them,   
   just not to pay them.  As many people have noted, if you want to watch   
   Newsmax, it's easy to stream it for free.   
      
   https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-0   
   -24/conservative-news-network-newsmax-on-the-verge-of-being-dropped-by-directv   
      
   R's,   
   John   
      
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