A competing media outlet is pointing to de-platforming efforts from CNN and decrying claims CNN is making as part of its efforts as false. Newsmax TV has seen strong growth since the 2020 election, cutting into Fox News viewership. But its growth has sparked calls for censorship led by CNN. A CNN reporter recently pressured cable providers to stop airing Newsmax and blamed its coverage of the election for the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. And former Facebook official Alex Stamos on CNN’s Sunday media show pushed for censorship, saying Newsmax and another news broadcaster, OANN, “have freedom of speech, but I’m not sure we need Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, and such bringing them into tens of millions of homes.” Only one cable provider responded to CNN. CenturyLink said it was committed to providing “a variety of broadcast channels covering thousands of topics.” The Epoch Times has reached out to …