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Fox News and its parent company are being sued for defamation over false claims of election fraud following the 2020 election.
In its defense against Dominion, Fox News' legal team argues the network simply relayed stark claims about national elections, either as "questions to a newsmaker on newsworthy subjects" or by "accurately report[ing] on pending allegations." As the sitting U.S. president, Trump was among the most newsworthy people imaginable, Fox attorneys argue.
Dominion has given a snapshot of the ways and whys in which Fox News helped magnify false voter fraud claims, especially (though not exclusively) those of Sidney Powell.
It all takes place against the backdrop of a huge backlash against Fox after it called AZ for Joe Biden. When Fox presented the truth about the election, viewers started fleeing to Newsmax, with Trump’s encouragement. The filing describes the panic that ensued.
Discovery in this lawsuit reveals through texts and emails, Fox's own employees didn't believe what their primetime hosts were saying on the air.
Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch told Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott in a November 16 email:
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“Trump will concede eventually and we should concentrate on [the Georgia runoff elections], helping any way we can. We don’t want to antagonize Trump further, but Giuliani taken with a large grain of salt. Everything at stake here.”
Fox News isn’t just a rightwing propaganda outlet. It’s the communications arm of the Republican Party, promoting its agenda and providing a safe space for GOP elected officials.
This discovery makes it clear that in a bid to cater to viewers who were fed false claims by Trump, Fox played right along with the false claims that would lead to insurrection. Special prosecutor Jack Smith is already examining multiple parts of this effort. This discovery makes evidence that would otherwise be unavailable accessible to prosecutors.
I mentioned Sen Cruz asking a Biden nominee why she had called Fox News a propaganda arm of the Trump administration, to which Murdoch's email would have been the perfect response.
ignorance is the enemy without equality there is no liberty Save America - Lock Trump Up!!!!
I mentioned Sen Cruz asking a Biden nominee why she had called Fox News a propaganda arm of the Trump administration, to which Murdoch's email would have been the perfect response.
Exactly.
Raphael Cruz has got to be complete moron not to know that Fox News is nothing more than a propaganda channel. It's no wonder Fox News and Tucker Carlson in particular are so popular in Russia.
Just about every legal analysis read regarding the Dominion discovery filing shows that Fox News is in a lot of trouble. Dominion has done a fine job of discovery and it shows that Fox News was having entirely opposite conversations internally from what they were telling their viewers publicly.
Why? Because of the Arizona call that was made by Fox on the night of the election in 2020. Fox lost viewing eyes because of that and their viewers went over to OANN and Newsmax.
This is all about the bottom line and ad revenue. Fox deserves to lose $1.6bn dollars for lying about the 2020 election and defaming Dominion, AND, especially because of what they have done to our democracy by lying to half of the country.
Yes ... I think it demonstrates a clear intent to injure i.e. Fox was only concerned with their bottom line and not Dominion's name or the facts. This, I believe, is the legal threshold for proving a libel case.
ignorance is the enemy without equality there is no liberty Save America - Lock Trump Up!!!!
Fox News forbids Howard Kurtz from reporting on the Dominion v Fox News lawsuit.
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Some of you have been asking why I'm not covering the Dominion voting machines lawsuit against Fox involving the unproven claims of election fraud in 2020. And it's absolutely a fair question. I believe I should be covering it. It's a major media story given my role here at Fox, but the company has decided that as part of the organization being sued, I can't talk about it or write about it, at least for now. I strongly disagree with that decision. But as an employee, I have to abide by it, and if that changes, I'll let you know.
