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There are pending lawsuits against election deniers like Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell
Fox News and voting technology company Dominion Voting Systems have agreed to settle their defamation case over their 2020 election coverage. The two companies had sued each other after Fox News falsely alleged that Dominion’s machines threw votes for President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential elections. Fox News executives…
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Fox News hasn’t been able to stop Trump’s election lies
A judge has ruled that jurors won’t have to decide whether Fox’s claims about voting tech company Dominion Voting Systems were true. Dominion had alleged that Fox stars, executives and journalists defamed the voting tech company for segments in which wild and spurious conspiracies held it had switched votes for then-President Donald Trump to Democratic…
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Succession might be more entertaining than the Fox News defamation case
A US judge sanctioned Fox News for withholding audio recordings of Maria Bartiromo talking off-air with President Donald Trump’s lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani. The judge said Fox failed to disclose key material to Dominion Voting Systems, which filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox after Bartiromo reported on collusion between Trump’s team and Russia…
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A defamation trial against Fox News is about to begin
Fox News’ defence in its $1.5 billion defamation suit against Dominion Voting Systems has suggested that President Donald Trump appeared to be trying to get around the judge by saying that he did not want the case heard in the public eye. Trump’s lawyer had earlier claimed that Trump didn’t want the case heard in…
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Tucker Carlson and Murdoch were correct in their opinion
The jury selection in a $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox News over its reporting on alleged voter fraud in the US Presidential election will begin on Thursday. Dominion Voting Systems, the maker of voting machines that were used in some battleground states, has accused Fox of defamation. The network has argued the First Amendment…
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There are concurrent criminal and civil cases that are subject to unprecedented legal pressure
The judge in a lawsuit against Fox News, filed by Dominion Voting Systems, said that Rupert Murdoch’s involvement in the case is “a question of credibility”. The judge said this during a hearing where he questioned the testimony of a former Fox producer. The judge added that he will appoint an outside attorney to investigate…
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Judge lecturing attorneys about dual roles for Murdoch
US-based voting machine manufacturer Dominion Voting Systems is suing Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News and its parent Fox Corporation for defamation, claiming the channel aired baseless statements about voter fraud during the 2020 election. Dominion’s attorney has asked the court to allow Fox employees to testify about whether they personally believed the false claims against the…
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A judge won’t proclaim a winner in a defamation case against Fox News
A judge has ruled that a US voting systems company Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a trial next month. The on-air statements from various Fox News Hosts after the 2020 presidential election had accused the company of rigging the election by flipping millions of votes from Donald Trump to…
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Murdoch acknowledges that Fox News hosts have supported election fraud
Dominion Voting Systems, the largest US-based election technology company, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News alleging that the network “recklessly disregarded truth” and pushed various pro-Donald Trump conspiracy theories during the 2020 presidential election. The lawsuit alleged that the lies “were good for Fox’s business”. The network claimed the company’s CEO has threatened to…
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The election fraud claims that were peddled by Fox News stars were blasted off the air
Rupert Murdoch, the Chairman of Fox Corporation, suggested Fox News CEO Roger Scott to stop airing the Trump Myth that the 2020 US presidential election was stolen, according to court documents. This comes as Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and CNN for falsely accusing the firm of switching…
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Fox News has been found to be dishonest and terrified of its own audience
Rupert Murdoch emailed Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, telling her that Newsmax needed to be “watched” during the 2020 US presidential election, according to court filings. This comes after Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox News claiming it had aired “false claims of election fraud”. The filing said Fox executives fretted about alienating Trump when he…
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The CEO of Fox News warned against making trouble after the election
Dominion Voting Systems’ lawyer told a US court that Scott Davis, a member of Fox News legal team, had said he came off “sarcastic” in an email. Davis apologised to the rival legal teams during a February 8 hearing in Dominion’s defamation suit against Fox, saying he had been surprised to re-read an email in…