DirecTV deplatforms Newsmax, cutting off its 13 million subscribers from the fourth-rated cable news channel

DirecTV deplatforms Newsmax, cutting off its 13 million subscribers from the fourth-rated cable news channel: Newsmax suffered a major blow overnight as satellite television provider DirecTV ended its carriage, cutting its 13 million subscribers from the potential audience for the conservative cable news outfit.  This amounts to 25% of the 50 million viewers Newsmax claims to reach.  The two companies are making contradictory claims about the imbroglio, and while censorship of conservative views cannot be ruled out as a causal factor, there appear to be purely commercial considerations affecting the decision.