DirecTV has decided to cancel Newsmax despite the channel being one of the most watched cable news channels in America.

GALLAGHER: Congressman Wesley Hunt who is a freshman Congressman from Texas is publicly calling on DirecTV to reconsider its decision saying that deplatforming Newsmax is the latest development in the Left’s ongoing campaign to purge voices they disagree with from the public sphere. This is a political decision to censor conservative media and Congressman Hunt part of the Republican majority in the House sent a letter to DirecTV and its owners AT&T co signed by 41 other Republican lawmakers ahead of Newsmax being deplatformed. As I understand it, they are gone. Newsmax is off as of 11:59pm last night. Hunt wrote Newsmax has millions of people turn to Newsmax as a source of trusted information. Now more than ever, the American people need access to a free and fair press. I am sure that DirecTV will claim that removing Newsmax from their lineup of channels was purely a business decision, but that is hard to accept when liberal news channels like Vice Media continue to remain on the air.  Vice is a ratings failure for DirecTV, yet they continue to profit from their relationship with DirecTV.