Mediaite reports:
Rupert Murdoch testified under oath that Fox News promoted election denialism on air, despite a raft of evidence revealing that many hosts privately knew the claims made by then-President Donald Trump and his surrogates to be false. Stunning new details emerged in more court documents released Monday afternoon in Dominion Voting System’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News. As Chair and CEO of Fox Corp, Murdoch is a central figure in the $1.6 Billion damages claim against the cable news ratings giant.
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“When asked why Fox continues to give a
platform to Lindell—who continues to this day to spout lies about Dominion—
Murdoch agreed that ‘It is not red or blue, it is green.’” pic.twitter.com/5Nv46rUlfB— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
Rupert Murdoch acknowledged in his deposition that numerous Fox hosts had “endorsed at times this false notion of a stolen election.” pic.twitter.com/tCBZL9Uyxw
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
Rupert Murdoch gave Trump son-in-law/aide Jared Kushner access to “Fox confidential information about Biden’s ads,” apparently showing them to him before they were public. pic.twitter.com/NqOsIw1yJe
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
Fox “Brand Protection Unit” head Raj Shah, a former Trump WH aide, warned another exec that the network would “get hit very hard by the right” if it called the presidency for Biden on Nov. 5. pic.twitter.com/v6FvCY1cJi
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
I really would like to know what is under this redaction about Fox calling the election for Biden, after which Rupert complains to Lachlan that “We should and could have gone first but at least being
second saves us a Trump explosion!” pic.twitter.com/jLtVbZZa6L— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
Q. And you could have said to Suzanne Scott or to the hosts, “Stop putting Rudy Giuliani on the air”?
Rupert Murdoch. I could have. But I didn’t. pic.twitter.com/43u5x4DyWb
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
On Jan. 5, 2021, Rupert and Smith discussed a joint statement from Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham admitting that Biden won, to “stop the Trump myth that the election stolen.” It didn’t happen. pic.twitter.com/VJWeDX1Ei3
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023
In a Jan. 12 email, Rupert tells Paul Ryan the insurrection was a “Wake-up call for Hannity, who has been privately disgusted by Trump for weeks, but was scared to lose viewers.” pic.twitter.com/Z0KTg9aBCw
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 27, 2023