“If Vivek Ramaswamy wants to appear on Newsmax, he should pay to do it,” Semafor reports. “That was the message that network chief Chris Ruddy delivered to the Republican presidential candidate during a private call earlier this summer, according to two people to whom the candidate described the conversation. Ramaswamy had complained that the right-leaning network was sticking him in little-watched midday slots or ignoring him outright.” “Ruddy also suggested a solution, Ramaswamy told associates: buy more television ads on the network.”