Newsmax made about 40 false or misleading claims about the 2020 election, the attack and the committee through the end of the month.
The National Rifle Association's annual meeting will take place in Houston, Texas on May 28.
The report looked at Newsmax's coverage from June 9 to June 30 and found that the network pushed false claims either by its anchors directly or by guests who made untrue statements that went unquestioned.
NewsGuard found that there were at least 12 claims of fraud in the 2020 election on Newsmax, with no credible evidence to support them.
Pelosi did not actually have the power to block Trump from sending the National Guard to the Capitol, as the president and not congress control whether to do so.
Newsmax guests and anchor Greg Kelly claimed six times that the rioters were not armed, despite reports from police that they recovered firearms from protesters.
None of the claims aired on Newsmax between June 9 and 30 are supported by evidence.
Newsmax didn't respond to a request for comment.
The co-CEO of NewsGuard told Forbes that Newsmax's coverage of the hearings is part of a larger trend of Americans consuming news in "information bubbles" that often include misinformation. According to Forbes, a lot of people are only seeing news on different topics from misinformation sources, and as a result they are not getting exposure to the actual situation.
Newsmax said in a statement before the committee's first public hearing that it would air the hearing live but still believed the purpose of the hearing was to blame Trump. This is an important news event and the reason Newsmax will carry it live but it will also be important for us to make sure the public is aware of any and all partisan bias that results from the hearing
What impact the hearings will have on Trump's base, as Republicans so far don't seem to be particularly moved by the hearings' startling findings, possibly because they're following news sources that have continued to downplay and refute them. The share of Republicans who think Trump was at least somewhat responsible for January 6 has gone up from 29% to 31%, and the percentage of GOP respondents who think Trump committed a crime by trying to overturn the 2020 election has gone up from 27% to 32%. The share of Republicans who said they would vote for Trump in the GOP presidential primary went from 50% in June to 42% in July.
Fox News was the only major network that didn't carry the committee's first hearing live in prime time. Tucker Carlson said during his show that he wouldn't help them do it because they were lying. During daytime hours, the network airs hearings live, but they don't show the high-profile events of prime time.
When the House January 6 Committee holds its next hearing on Thursday, what will happen? The hearing will look at Trump's "supreme dereliction of duty" by failing to stop his supporters on January 6 and when he finally left the rally. The hearing is the last one at this point, though it is possible that more could be scheduled in the future.
During the hearings, it was revealed that Trump wanted to allow armed protesters to enter the January 6 rally, lunged at a Secret Service agent who refused to take him to the Capitol building, and asked the Justice Department to seize voting machines. According to the hearings, the president was told there was no evidence of fraud but pushed the allegations anyway. Criminal charges could be brought against the president for his actions after the election. Potential crimes can be referred to the Justice Department by the House Committee.
The panel's hearings are mostly falling on voters' ears.
The January 6 committee's first prime-time hearing was spun by Fox and Newsmax.
Newsmax says it will cover the hearing.
Here are the biggest bombshells of Tuesday's hearing.
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