Newsmax host falsely claims the network always condemned the January 6 insurrection

Written by Jason Campbell

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From the September 29, 2021, edition of Newsmax's John Bachman Now

JOHN BACHMAN (HOST): And just to set kind of the context here for everybody at home, in case you were wondering, this is the moment the Capitol breach occurred on January 6. Newsmax has always condemned the violent actions of the rioters as we did then and we still do today.

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BACHMAN: We condemn it then, We condemn it now, we will always condemn it. We also condemn the folks that try to classify this as something that it wasn't. No one's been charged with insurrection or inciting a insurrection or sedition. It's been 266 days since January 6. We see where this is all going.

Here are some other things that Newsmax aired on January 6:

This doesn't even get into the various lies and QAnon conspiracy theories the network would push about the attack of January 6 in the days, weeks, and months following.