{"id":3009,"date":"2022-05-09T20:21:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2022-05-09T20:22:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:22:05","slug":"ep-2841-6pm-foxnews-newsmax-blocks-coverage-of-dinesh-dsouzas-2000-mules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=3009","title":{"rendered":"FOXNEWS &#038; NEWSMAX BLOCKS COVERAGE OF DINESH D&#8217;SOUZA&#8217;s 2000 MULES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An author and conservative political commentator is publicly voicing his frustration with a <a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/fox-news\" data-sys=\"1\">Fox News<\/a>\u00a0host and a news outlet over the coverage of his new documentary.<\/p>\n<p>On social media Monday morning, Dinesh D&#8217;Souza, an ardent supporter of former President\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-sys=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a>, accused\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/tucker-carlson\" data-sys=\"1\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>\u00a0and his team at Fox News of controlling what Catherine Engelbrecht could and could not say on his program. Engelbrecht, who partnered with D&#8217;Souza on the film\u00a0<em>2000 Mules<\/em>, is the founder of True the Vote, an anti-voter fraud group.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"fullCode\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\">\n<div class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1523659231341461504&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fdinesh-dsouza-slams-tucker-carlson-newsmax-over-new-documentary-coverage-1704863&amp;sessionId=3811122280e059a78df1e243267a2a3865c84b12&amp;siteScreenName=newsweek&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=c8fe9736dd6fb%3A1649830956492&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1523659231341461504\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In response to a user on Twitter<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/1523659231341461504?s=20&amp;t=pzD-_uk1GgwXlSlECi6YsA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">, D&#8217;Souza wrote,<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry to say Tucker Carlson and his team specifically instructed Catherine Engelbrecht of True the Vote NOT to mention the movie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"promo-link\"><a class=\"promo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/newsletter?subref=incontent_web_3\">NEWSWEEK NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<p>D&#8217;Souza also accused\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/newsmax\" data-sys=\"1\">Newsmax<\/a>\u00a0of &#8220;blocking coverage&#8221; of the film.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"fullCode\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\">\n<div class=\"code\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1523676024336424960&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fdinesh-dsouza-slams-tucker-carlson-newsmax-over-new-documentary-coverage-1704863&amp;sessionId=3811122280e059a78df1e243267a2a3865c84b12&amp;siteScreenName=newsweek&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=c8fe9736dd6fb%3A1649830956492&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1523676024336424960\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;BTW @newsmax is also blocking coverage of\u00a0<em>2000 Mules.<\/em>\u00a0I was booked on Grant Stinchfield&#8217;s Newsmax show and then the network canceled on me. Criticize the move if you like, but why isn&#8217;t this a legitimate news story? How can so-called news networks pretend it doesn&#8217;t exist?&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DineshDSouza\/status\/1523676024336424960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">he wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film alleges that\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/film-claims-it-has-video-mules-stuffing-ballot-boxes-2020-election-1679583?msclkid=306f78d3cfaf11eca1a7c4120f7ab59c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">widespread voter fraud<\/a>\u00a0took place during the 2020 presidential election, something that Trump and some of his closet allies have continued to say since he left office more than a year ago. However, many organizations have debunked the claims and the\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/department-of-homeland-security\" data-sys=\"1\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a>\u00a0called the 2020 presidential election &#8220;the most secure in American history.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><span class=\"cap\">Dinesh D&#8217;Souza lashed out at Tucker Carlson and Newsmax over the coverage of his new documentary, 2000 Mules. Above, D&#8217;Souza attends the premiere of another of his films in Washington, D.C., on August 1, 2018.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">SHANNON FINNEY\/GETTY IMAGES<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The documentary, which was released last week, claims &#8220;mules,&#8221; paid or unpaid political operatives, placed ballots in multiple vote drop boxes, which were used to make voting easier during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>MyPillow CEO\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/mike-lindell\" data-sys=\"1\">Mike Lindell<\/a>, a vocal Trump supporter who continues to push claims of widespread voter fraud,\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mike-lindell-supreme-court-leak-voter-fraud-distraction-2020-election-1704430?msclkid=758d3424cfad11eca7ee360768b4ab97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told a reporter Friday<\/a>\u00a0evening that the leak of a\u00a0<a class=\"multivariate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" data-sys=\"1\">Supreme Court<\/a>\u00a0document concerning abortion was timed too well to be a coincidence, calling it &#8220;election deflection.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An author and conservative political commentator is publicly voicing his frustration with a Fox News\u00a0host and a news outlet over the coverage of his new documentary. On social media Monday morning, Dinesh D&#8217;Souza, an ardent supporter of former President\u00a0Donald Trump, accused\u00a0Tucker Carlson\u00a0and his team at Fox News of controlling what Catherine Engelbrecht could and could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=1554%2C1016&ssl=1",1554,1016,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=300%2C196&ssl=1",300,196,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=768%2C502&ssl=1",768,502,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=1024%2C669&ssl=1",1024,669,true],"rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"rpg_gallery_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=1536%2C1004&ssl=1",1536,1004,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=1554%2C1016&ssl=1",1554,1016,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Peter Santilli"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Featured Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Featured Stories","comment_count":"3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-09-at-4.21.35-PM.png?fit=1554%2C1016&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plD2r-Mx","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3012,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions\/3012"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}