Newsmax, OAN vie for Trump loyalists as Georgia counts votes

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump departs on travel to West Point, New York from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 12, 2020. REUTERS/Cheriss May

(Reuters) - As Georgia officials began tallying votes on Tuesday that will determine control of the U.S. Senate, upstart cable news networks promoted by President Donald Trump competed for new audiences.

For One America News Network (OAN) and Newsmax, the Georgia elections offered a chance to capitalize on gains since the presidential election in November. For weeks, the outlets aired baseless theories about election fraud in an effort to be number two among conservative viewers behind dominant cable news channel Fox News.