Chris Ruddy, the head of Newsmax, told Ramaswamy it would cost him an unidentified sum of money if he hoped to get on the channel, Semafor reported.
, who is running third in the latest polls — had called Ruddy earlier this summer to complain that the network was relegating him to little-watched midday slots or ignoring him outright, according to two people familiar with the conversation cited by Semafor.
GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy was reportedly told he needed to pay the right-leaning cable news channel Newsmax if he wanted to appear on its air.“Newsmax would take an assertion such as that very seriously,” the network’s spokesperson, Bill Daddi, told Semafor.Daddi added: “If candidates want to reach our audience outside of our programming, then, of course, advertising would be a good way for them to do this.
“As is true for all networks, if candidates want to reach our audience outside of our programming, then, of course, advertising would be a good way for them to do this,” the spokesperson told Semafor.A Newsmax spokesperson denied the Semafor report that the network demanded payment from Ramaswamy.Ramaswamy, a businessman and author, has emerged from nowhere to mount a campaign that has him trailing only Florida Gov.
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