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The Dershow

MUST SEE interview with NEWSMAX CEO Chris Ruddy about the House Media Hearings.

The Dershow

Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media

News, Politics

4.41.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In today’s exclusive interview with NEWSMAX CEO Chris Ruddy we discuss the House Media Hearings, the future of cable news and the 1st Amendment.

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0:00.0

Today on The Dirt Show, we're privileged to have a very, very important voice in the

0:06.7

media today.

0:08.2

Christopher Ruddy, who is a friend, he runs a Newsmax, which is becoming increasingly

0:14.8

influential, watched by more and more people, and sometimes controversial.

0:20.4

Chris has a remarkable history in media and remarkable ability to cross party lines.

0:27.5

Among his friends, he counts Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.

0:30.4

There aren't too many people who can say that, and I know I've seen Chris in the presence

0:37.2

of Donald Trump, who takes his advice very, very seriously, I wish he took his advice

0:43.4

more seriously sometime.

0:45.6

Chris has worked in every aspect of media, and today his voice is among the most important.

0:53.6

He was ranked among the 100 most important conservative voices in America, and today

0:58.4

I would put him certainly among the top handful of such voices, but he's a libertarian.

1:04.6

His views don't always correspond with those of the Republican Party, or with traditional

1:11.2

conservatives.

1:12.2

He's a libertarian, and he strongly supports freedom of speech.

1:17.0

Now his own freedom of speech is under attack now, and that's why he is a guest this morning

1:23.0

on the Dershow.

1:24.0

We'll talk about the McCarthyite congressional hearings that have taken place, and the McCarthy

1:30.6

ite efforts to try to get Newsmax taken off the air.

1:34.5

You'll hear all about that when I interview Chris Ready on the Dershow.

1:42.0

Yesterday I watched one of the most frightening congressional hearings that I've ever seen

1:47.6

since the early days of the House on American Activities Committee under McCarthyism

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