The 'pied piper' strategy was from 2015, not 2012. Right now, Newsmax is totally pro-Trump.
"A leaked memo sent from the Clinton campaign to the DNC in April 2015 outlined the “pied-piper” strategy as elevating Donald Trump, Ben Carson, and Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primaries."
observer.com/2017/10/democrats-revive-failed-pied-piper-strategy-for-2018/