A conservative TV channel is presenting viewers with an alternate universe of how the siege at the U.S. Capitol unfolded. Newsmax has broadcasted at least 40 false claims or conspiracy theories about the attack since June, when a House committee began televising its evidence about the role former President Donald Trump and his allies played in the day's events. If you watch Newsmax, you may get a different view of what happened at the hearings and what happened on January 6th. Many of the false statements presented by anchors, reporters and guests who include Republican members of Congress have been proven to be false many times. Newsmax didn't say anything about the report. Despite photos taken from that day and federal charges that show some rioters were armed with guns or used pepper spray, anchor and guests claim that there were only a few hundred rioters. According to the Department of Justice, at least 2000 people entered the U.S. Capitol. According to Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump was told protesters were armed with weapons. The false claim that Trump ordered National Guard troops to the scene only to be blocked by Pelosi was repeated 11 times since the beginning of the committee's hearings in June. More than a year ago, the misinformation was proven correct. The false claims broadcasted on Newsmax echo the misleading defenses offered by Trump and his allies about the day at the U.S. Capitol. Newsmax is named in a defamation lawsuit brought by the makers of vote-counting machines, who claimed that the 2020 election was fraudulent. Newsmax is watched by 200,000 viewers a day. Newsmax has aired a lot of false information about the insurrection compared to other conservative channels. The claims were most shocking to me. There are false claims that have been made before. Many of them have been repeated. The hearings were described in a June press release as political theater. There is a hearing on January 6.
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