In the Dominion case, Rupert Murdoch admitted that he knew that Fox hosts were lying about election fraud.
Murdoch always hated Trump but was forced to go along with the lies or Murdoch would lose his viewer base and the network along with it.
Asked during the deposition whether it is fair to say that he “seriously doubted any claim of massive election fraud,” Murdoch said, “Oh, yes” and conceded that he doubted false narratives around election fraud from the beginning.
Murdoch said he regrets the decision to continue letting Fox News personalities peddle election falsehoods. "I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it, in hindsight,” he said.
According to the documents, Murdoch provided former President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, “with Fox confidential information about Biden’s ads, along with debate strategy” but wouldn’t help the Trump campaign on election night when Fox News became the first network to declare that President Biden won Arizona.
https://www.axios.com/2023/02/27/rupert-murdoch-admits-fox-news-hosts-peddled-election-lies
Boot
1 March 2023 12:10
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It seems that “Fox News” is a bit of a misnomer if they are changing the “News” to pretend the Winner if an election didn’t really win - maybe it should be re-named “Fox Propaganda”!
As it seems that money is much more important than accurate news, I hope the verdict of this case is given in language that Fox understands - a massive amount of $$$ in damages awarded to Dominion.
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Lots of people feel that Fox News shouldn’t be called Fox News. These are opinion pieces but I’ve heard that a lot.
Remember when Fox News Channel launched in 1996 with the slogan “Fair and balanced”? Believe it or not, early on, the channel at least pretended to follow that idealistic goal, providing straight n…
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Tucker Carlson said he passionately hated Trump, all while praising everything he did.
21% of Fox News viewers trust the network less since the Dominion trial brought to light that the broadcasters don’t believe the things they’re saying on the newscast.
I don’t think people mind being lied to if it comes from their side.
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Generally true, I would guess. But at least 21% of them are less trusting than they were before. That’s actually more than I thought there would be.
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