Last week's decision by AT&T and Comcast to drop hard-right media outlet Newsmax from their cable lineups has conservatives in the Senate and House calling for Congressional hearings. Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison took it a step further Tuesday. KRPS's Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
Comcast and AT&T cited "significantly higher costs" to continue to air Newsmax as their reason for dropping the conservative news network, saying that they were unwilling to pass on the additional costs to customers.
7th District Congressperson Eric Burlison, speaking Tuesday night on the house floor, compared the two cable companies dropping Newsmax to the deliberate murder of approximately six million European Jews and at least five million prisoners of war by Germans during the Holocaust.
"By first de-platforming or eliminating One America News, and now they're going after Newsmax. You know, there's a famous quote about what happened during the Holocaust when individuals, when the Nazis first came for some, and people said nothing, and then eventually they'll come for you."
Newsmax remains available on no fewer than five cable operators in southwest Missouri and southeast Kansas. The channel can also be viewed at no cost on at least 11 streaming platforms, such as Roku and YouTube, and their website. For 89 9 KRPS News, I'm Fred Fletcher-Fierro
