MUST SEE interview with NEWSMAX CEO Chris Ruddy about the House Media Hearings.
The Dershow
Alan Dershowitz | Kast Media
4.4 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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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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