PropertyValue
?:author
?:datePublished
  • 2020-11-16 (xsd:date)
?:headline
  • Did a Newsmax Story Say Trump Should 'Retire Immediately'? (en)
?:inLanguage
?:itemReviewed
?:mentions
?:reviewBody
  • On Nov. 11, 2020, the conservative news and opinion website Newsmax published a story with the headline Let Mike Pence Handle the Transition. The article came four days after The Associated Press projected that Democrat Joe Biden had won the election, putting him in line to become the 46th president of the United States. The Newsmax piece said that U.S. President Donald Trump should retire immediately, letting Pence handle the duties to transfer power to the incoming Biden-Harris administration: It's true that this story came from the conservative website Newsmax. Twitter users were surprised by it, to say the least: However, the story was an opinion column from journalist Paul F. deLespinasse. It did not represent the company's staunchly pro-Trump views following the election. Newsmax deleted the tweet promoting the story after it was posted, perhaps after receiving backlash. The tweet read: OPINION: Let @VP handle the transition with @JoeBiden. It does not appear that the @Newsmax Twitter account tweeted the story again. The company had seen a surge in viewership following the 2020 U.S. presidential election, and even tweeted about Fox News' audience switching, perhaps temporarily or permanently, depending on each viewer, from the cable news giant to Newsmax: The New York Times reported that Newsmax is courting Fox News viewers with election denialism. The Associated Press also reported that the Newsmax mobile app racked up 583,000 new installs in the U.S. from Nov. 3 to Nov. 9, up more than 11 times from the previous week. Trump's relationship with Fox News has been a rollercoaster of offering exclusive interviews to the cable news channel while at the same time tweeting out messages that show his displeasure with them. These tweets have sometimes promoted alternative TV networks, including Newsmax, One America News Network, and other organizations: After Election Day, Trump continued to tweet his thoughts on Fox News: (en)
?:reviewRating
rdf:type
?:url