Newsmax, the right-wing TV news outlet, filed suit Wednesday against Fox News and its parent company, alleging the conservative media powerhouse had illegally sought to suppress the smaller challenger's growth in cable news.

"Fox Corporation has long engaged in an exclusionary scheme to increase and maintain its dominance in the market for U.S. right-leaning pay TV news, resulting in suppression of competition in that market that harms consumers, competition, and Newsmax Broadcasting," the lawsuit contends . It was filed in a federal court in Miami.

Shortly after Newsmax revealed its lawsuit, Fox rejected the allegation.

"Newsmax cannot sue their way out of their own competitive failures in the marketplace to chase headlines simply because they can't attract viewers," Fox News Media

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