Did Fox News Edit “Big Lie” From Trump’s Town Hall?

The Guardian reports:

Fox News hosted a town hall event in Iowa with Donald Trump on Thursday night, allowing the president to repeat his well-worn grievances and lies. But remarkably, the pre-taped hour-long prime-time special hosted by Sean Hannity excluded any mention of Trump’s conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

Fox has good reason to tread carefully. The network recently agreed to a $787.5m settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over its broadcasting of Trump’s election lies, and it is still facing a defamation lawsuit from another voting technology company, Smartmatic.

On Thursday, Trump’s very strong tendency to compound his own legal troubles by repeating lies and conspiracy theories that have already landed him in trouble were tamped by Hannity’s gentle questioning and redirection – and perhaps some strategic editing.

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Trump repeats usual lies in Fox News town hall – but the big lie is edited and deleted from Fox broadcast. First time in many years. https://t.co/2eKdGz07JE

— Joe Frohlinger (@joefrohlinger) June 2, 2023