Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Congress should investigate AT&T-owned DirecTV over its decision to drop conservative channel Newsmax.
“I think there should be no ideological litmus test when you have these big companies that have the decision to make or break a news network, or any type of network,” DeSantis said on Jan. 31.
“They will give different rationales for why they don’t want to do it, but the reality is they have so much other content that is very lightly viewed, and yet they keep that on, and it seems it is the One America News and the Newsmax who are being targeted,” DeSantis added. “So I think it does warrant an investigation.”…