Topic: Newsmax
The freakout at Newsmax when Donald Trump was indiced on fraud charges (for real) continued as he the day of his arraignment approached. Trump flew to New York from Florida on March 3 for the arraignment, and Newsmax was cranking out attack and defense articles:
- Hoover Institution's Hanson: Indict One, Indict All
- Hungarian PM Orban Tweets Support for Trump
- Fmr Dem Rep. Barney Frank: Trump Case Shouldn't Have Been Brought
- Blagojevich to Newsmax: Trump Gag Order 'Outrageous' (no gag order was issued)
- Trump Campaign Raises Record $7M Since Indictment
- Trump Lands in N.Y. for Surrender, Opposes TV Court Coverage (wire article)
- Trump Hires Top White-Collar Attorney Following Indictment
- Ric Grenell to Newsmax: Dictators Envious of Media's Support of D.C. Dems (apparently, Fox News and Newsmax are not part of "the media")
- Mug Shot Could Be Financial Boon for Trump Campaign
- NYC Mayor to Trump Backers, MTG: 'Control Yourselves'
- Dick Morris to Newsmax: Trump's 'Dominance' From Indictment
- Huckabee to Newsmax: Indictment 'Not Just' About Trump
- Reuters/Ipsos Poll: As Arraignment Looms, Trump Widens '24 Lead (wire article)
- Dick Morris to Newsmax: Trump's Case Should Be 'In Court of Public Opinion'
- Ron Johnson to Newsmax: Trump Indictment 'Grotesquely Unequal Justice'
- Scaramucci to Newsmax: 'Bad Precedent' by Going After Trump
- Tacopina to Newsmax: Trump's Numbers 'Through the Roof'
- Report: Trump Will Face 34 Felony Counts, but Neither Cuffs Nor Mug Shot
- Jon Voight: Trump Will 'Save This Nation' Despite 'Cruel' Indictment
- Peter Navarro to Newsmax: Look Out for Agent Provocateurs
- Lara Trump to Newsmax: Fmr President 'Never More Focused'
Surprisingly, there was also an wire article featuring newly announced Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson arguing that Trump should drop his 2024 candidacy over his instigating the Capitol riot.
On the day of the arraignment on April 4, Newsmax unsurprisingly went nuts with the attack-and-defend narrative:
- Trump Indictment Sets 'Very Dangerous Precedent'
- Trump: Jack Smith a 'Radical Left Lunatic'
- Ameer Benno to Newsmax: Gag Order Would Violate Trump's Rights
- NYC Crowds Gather Ahead of Trump Arraignment
- RNC's McDaniel to Newsmax: Trump Fight Energizing GOP Base
- Michael Cloud to Newsmax: Trump Indictment 'Sad Day for America'
- Crowds Riled at Rep. Greene's Trump Rally in Manhattan
- Trump Slams 'Hater' Judge, Urges Move to Staten Island
- Lewandowski to Newsmax: Trump Will Fight 'Surreal' Charges
- Trump Campaign: $10 Million Raised Since Indictment
- Rudy Giuliani to Newsmax: 'This Indictment Is a Piece of Junk'
- Trump: My Only Crime Is to 'Fearlessly Defend Our Nation'
- Trump Rips DA Bragg, Celebrates Victory Over Daniels
- Bragg Grilled Over Previous Efforts to Charge Trump
- GOP Says Trump Indictment Lowers Bar for Prosecution
- Rep. Biggs to Newsmax: Case Against Trump Is 'Weak'
- Matt Schlapp to Newsmax: Americans Will 'Strike Back' Over Trump Indictment
- Joe diGenova to Newsmax: DA Bragg's Press Conference 'Disgraceful'
- Navarro to Newsmax: Treat Trump Charges With 'Utmost Seriousness'
- Anti-Trumpers Bolton, Romney Slam Case Against Him
- Nigel Farage: 'Western Civilization' in Court Today
- Kari Lake to Newsmax: Trump's Support Rising Because He Fights for Us
Newsmax also published an article on how Trump "was awarded close to $122,000 in attorney fees from Stormy Daniels, the same porn star at the center of a hush money case that led to Trump's indictment in a Manhattan courtroom just a few hours earlier." But amid all the bias, Newsmax not only published a surprisingly balanced account of the arraignment itself (written even more surprisingly by Trump stenographer Eric Mack, with wire contributions) but it also actually slipped in a few largely straightforward stories on the indictment that day:
- Trump to Speak to Cameras Outside Courtroom Before, After
- Meet Juan Merchan, the Judge in Trump's Case
- Manhattan DA Bragg: Trump Conspired to Save 2016 Campaign
- Reactions as Trump Is Arraigned
- Judge to Trump: 'Refrain' from Agitating on Social Media
That's a total of at least 43 artack-and-defend articles over two days, bringing the total to 94 since the indictment became news on March 30.
