Newsmax Reviews 298

TrustScore 2 out of 5

2.2

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Evaluating 71 reviews, most reviewers were unhappy with their experience overall. Many customers expressed dissatisfaction with the staff, particularly regarding certain anchors and commentators who they felt were unprofessional or biased. The marketing and advertising practices were a significant source of frustration, with numerous complaints about excessive, repetitive, and long commercials, some of which promoted products customers found misleading. Reviewers also felt the service was poor, citing issues with news content being blocked by ads, a lack of real honest news, and a perceived shift in editorial direction. Regarding the product, some people were dissatisfied with the quality of the news, describing it as mindless cheerleading or lacking substance, and mentioned issues with advertisements for physical products that they found unclear. Conversely, a small portion of people felt the news coverage was great, on point, and appreciated the focus on specific political figures.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

You need to get rid of Jason Nichols, this guy has tsd and is on the squad and shows his ignorance by spewing anti Trump and anti American crap. How can he be a professor, the young men and women gues... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I can no longer watch Morning Agenda, I have to watch fox until Bianca Across the Nation is on. I can't handle another minute of ED Hill, overwhelmingly obnoxious Gene

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Thank you Newsmax for moving Greta to 4:00! She had no business in prime time, she sounds more like a Democrat than a Maga person. The new lineup is way better! Now if you would cancel Jason Nichols,... See more

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I hate all the commercials and how often they are repeated. Sometimes the same commercial 4 times in a roll. I turn it off and go to another network.


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  1. New service
  2. Blogger
  3. Media company

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Newsmax Media is an American news media organization founded by Christopher Ruddy and based in West Palm Beach, Florida.


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2.2

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TrustScore 2 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Newsmax constant crashing site!

I like news max plus but the app keeps crashing constantly. I was on hold for almost two hours with them. Finally I got to speak with someone and he said they were aware of the problem and are working to get it fixed. That was over a month ago and it still keeps crashing weather in at my home in Oregon or my other home in Florida; same thing. I had to switch to Fox to watch the Trump inauguration because it kept crashing every three minuets , so irrigating. So at this point we have no choice but to cancel our account and go back to Fox!

1 December 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Newsmax+ is a huge waste of money. Free OAN much better.

Contacted customer service to ask for a refund of my subscription that was just charged, but was completely ignored and instead got multiple spam emails I didn't sign up for. I know their policy is no refunds, but their policy is also actually to show the news as it happens. However they only have reruns on the weekend. That's bad enough but I adjusted. However they showed Trump's Victory Rally on 01/19/2025, but cut it off a few minutes into Trump's speech and went back to rerun the previous events as if Trump wasn't actually giving a speech. As a result I have cancelled my subscription and will subscribe to Fox News instead since I don't have cable. It should be noted that little old OAN showed ALL of Trump's Victory Rally speech to the end and even beyond. Newsmax is a huge disappointment and I cannot recommend them at all. Don't waste your time and money.

19 January 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Newsmax you were doing so well

Newsmax you were doing so well! It was a 5 star for a few years. Running all the 'america in history' segments over and over throughout the hour has got to stop! Please go back to more hard news and consider limiting the small segments to 2 an hour or maybe 3 an hour, excluding adds of course. You have to make money.
Newsmax was 5+ stars before they added small history segments that repeat over and over!

19 January 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 3 out of 5 stars

Newsmax started out great

Newsmax started out great, but I believe they’re going downhill. They have a commercial that says we are not trying to tell you what to think. Then Gretchen comes on and says.” People think news just happens,well it don’t. News isn’t news unless someone like me is there to explain it to you.” That sounds a lot like trying to tell me what to think.
Then you have Greg Kelly saying the pot smokers are
THE Problem with this country and belittles us every chance he gets. I don’t think they realize how many conservative redneck pot smokers are out here.
I am looking for a replacement now.

17 January 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Boring history clips.

The free Newsmax show on our Samsung TV is horrible. Most of the time it plays long clips of Teddy Roosevelt, JF Kennedy, the old space program, and other boring stories (after watching the first time, it gets boring). $4.99 per month is too expensive. We'll subscribe when it is 0.99 cents per month. Ugh.

7 January 2025
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Straighten up the caption issues

I'm not really happy to spend money to watch any news but in today's world this is what we have, like it or not. I'm especially upset that the captioning doesn't work most of the time. I'm disabled and deaf and I need captions to understand what's being said in your broadcast. I'll give it some time for newsmax to fix this issue but by reading these reviews I seriously doubt that anything will change. Just report the news without all the opinions of the folks that are reporting said news.

1 January 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I cannot watch Wake Up America week…

I cannot watch Wake Up America week days anymore. How many times does Sharla say “yay” in an hour? This is very unprofessional and sounds uneducated.I was looking forward to the new co-host Mark, but it seems he is not an allowed to talk or contribute. Fox Business is a much better choice at this time.

20 December 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Greg Kelly went wrong

Greg Kelly went wrong. What is this egotistical maniacs problem. Somebody take hin to a meeting!
He he had a general and another officer on last week in an attempt to corroborate his view of Hegseth and they didn't. Tonight he wants servicemen to
call in to give their opinion.
He is talking about Trump having made mistakes at that position the first time. He made mistakes at the FBI too! Myself and 77 million other Americans hope he doesn't make those mistakes this time. So what is Greg Kelly's
real problem with Hegseth? I think we should pull his covers. Really, take him to a meeting, he's "BUD" ing

10 December 2024
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I have been a subscriber from start.you…

I have been a subscriber from start.you have been automatically billing my cc monthly. You suddenly cut me off. Went to my account and saw a note you are refusing my cc for no good reason. Wants a new cc number. I don't have one. So you are losing a customer for no good reason.

28 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Newsmax is INCREDIBLY biased!

Newsmax is INCREDIBLY biased!! They refuse to report about Trump's lies and disinformation. They refuse to report Jack Smith's revealed facts behind Trump inciting Jan. 6th. They just had some former Republican physician on, denying Trump's blatant dementia symptoms. (Any of us with family members who have/ had experience with dementia can see the symptoms clear as day!) But to have a physician denying what we can all see, is an absolute embarrassment to this news station and our Medical system.

I was looking for a moderate news source but Newsmax isn't one. They have only one clear boss at this station, Donald Traitor Trump. Chris Cuomo is literally the only "fair" and "moderate" journalist on this channel. The other journalists should be ashamed of their political bias and inability to report the facts the American people deserve.

8 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Your female hosts are so distracting…

Your female hosts are so distracting 'Still' with their low cut clothing and their hair is distracting as well! Please change what you think many subscribers would agree with me. It's a News program, not a fashion show!!!

7 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Newsmax coverage of the Trump Rally’s…

Newsmax coverage of the Trump Rally’s suck!! They do not cover the speakers cut of Vance and Erick Trump. They commentators talk instead of the speakers at the Trump rally so disappointed in Newsmax coverage of Trump rally😡😡

5 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We were watching JD Vance and the Host …

We were watching JD Vance and the Host cuts away in the middle of his speech for what? Two former Secret Service or Law enforcement people Then back to an empty stage . This was an insult to Vance and to the viewers. Now Trumps kids talking and we get the Host and 2 staffers Enough Enough .!!! Fire the director and reporter !!!!!!!!!!!

4 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Streaming awful

I used to watch Newsmax on YouTube for free with not trouble, but after they stared to charge fee, thing went south. The Newsmax+ TV streaming got awful after the subscription payment started. After few minutes of broadcasting, the streaming freezes for few seconds. These intermittent freezes increase until the streaming completely stops. I have to log out then log in again to start a new connection to watch for few minutes and then the mess starts all over again. Ironically, this problem was not happening on Newsmax2 since since subscription payment started, but recently it also starts to freeze up at lunch. Sadly, recently Newsmax managed lower the streaming quality of Newsmax2 as well, it started to take time to load.

4 October 2024
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I was a Newsmax viewer until i found…

I was a Newsmax viewer until i found RAV. But now that I found Rob Finnerty I always
spend my mornings with him. He asks the hard questions others don’t ask then pushes to get the answers, and he succeeds. He’s very professional, persistant, and I trust the information he presents.

30 September 2024
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