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Rupert Murdoch says Fox stars 'endorsed' lies about 2020. He chose not to stop them

Under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation case, Murdoch says he wishes Fox News had been "stronger in denouncing" false claims of election fraud. Fox says the lawsuit threatens journalists' free speech.

WEKU

Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden election ads, court filing claims

Right-wing media mogul spoke under oath over $1.6bn defamation suit filed by Dominion Voting Systems

The Independent UK

Murdoch family ordered Fox hosts to dial back anti-Trump comments, Dominion filing claims

News anchor’s anti-Trump coverage was called ‘mug and obnoxious’

The Independent UK

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In today’s newsletter: the key takeaways from Rishi Sunak and Ursula von der Leyen’s announcement of the Windsor agreement

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Afternoon Update: tax hike on $3m super balances; robodebt inquiry ‘double down’ claim; and a Test cricket classic

Balances of more than $3m will be taxed at 30%, up from current concessional rate of 15%

The Guardian - AU

Murdoch says some Fox hosts 'endorsed' false election claims

Court documents say Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed false allegations of a stolen 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch testified that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ stolen election narrative

Network owner also admitted in $1.6bn defamation lawsuit deposition that Trump’s claims were ‘damaging to everybody’

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Murdoch said Fox hosts endorsed idea of stolen election

Court documents reveal Rupert Murdoch and other Fox Corp executives believed Joe Biden fairly beat Donald Trump in 2020.

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Rupert Murdoch knew Fox News hosts endorsed false election fraud claims, depositions shows

NEW YORK — New court documents show that Rupert Murdoch and his top lieutenants at Fox News were aware that former President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false, but agreed to give them continued coverage in an effort to keep its unhappy viewers from…

Los Angeles Times

Rupert Murdoch admits Fox News stars ‘endorsed’ bogus election fraud claims

Right-wing media empire’s chairman gives sworn deposition in Dominion’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit

The Independent UK

Fox News refuses to air advert revealing how stars rejected Trump election fraud claims: ‘They lied to you’

Progressive political action committeee directly addresses viewers about recently uncovered messages showing how top stars and executives rejected conspiracy theories the network continued to air

The Independent UK

Will a $1.6bn defamation lawsuit finally stop Fox News from spreading lies?

Advertising boycotts don’t restrain the rightwing network, but the Dominion lawsuit may succeed in holding them to account

The Guardian - US

Emails: Even Fox viewers don't trust Fox

Emails reveal hosts and executives admitting their own viewers wouldn't believe Fox if it reported the truth

Salon

Our pick of playwright James Graham’s ten best works, as new National Theatre Gareth Southgate play announced

There are few playwrights doing it better than Graham

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Disney got ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Avatar.’ But some now see the Fox deal as a mistake

LOS ANGELES — Will history judge Walt Disney Co.'s $71.3 billion purchase of 21st Century Fox a success?

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The 'wackadoodle' foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims

A woman who put forth election-fraud claims that even she described as "pretty wackadoodle" was a source for baseless claims aired by Fox News in 2020. The network is now being sued for defamation.

The Guardian - US

How Dominion Voting Systems filing proves Fox News was ‘deliberately lying’

Document makes clear senior Fox News figures knew after 2020 election voter fraud claims were false – and it’s likely a landmark case

The Guardian - UK

Bernie Sanders: ‘Oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? They run the US as well’

The veteran senator is now part of Joe Biden’s inner circle, and is still fighting his country’s vast inequalities

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Los Angeles Times

'Crazy.' 'Nuts.' Six wild revelations from the Fox News defamation case

Having emails and texts revealed in court — and thus available for prying public eyes — is a nightmare for any company. Fox News is living through that horror now after Dominion Voting Systems on Thursday filed a motion for summary judgment against the network, laying out dozens of internal…

The Independent UK

‘Insane, lying, complete nut’: How Fox News stars rejected Trump’s election conspiracies while network pushed them

Messages and testimony revealed in a voting machine company’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit find top personalities and executives clashing over bogus claims while seething over brand ‘vandalism’ when reporters corrected them, Alex Woodward reports

Reason

Rupert Murdoch Called Trump's Stolen-Election Fantasy 'Really Crazy Stuff.' Fox News Promoted It Anyway.

Hosts and producers privately called Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's claims "complete bs," "insane," and "unbelievably offensive."

The Independent UK

Off camera, Fox hosts doubted 2020 election fraud claims

To millions of viewers, Fox News hosts gave allies of former President Donald Trump a platform to champion false claims that he lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud

The Independent UK

‘Insane, lying, complete nut’: How Fox News stars rejected Trump’s election conspiracies while network pushed them

The Independent UK

Fox News, the Murdochs and a web of secret Trump messaging: How the revelations of the Dominion lawsuit go much further than vote counting

Court documents present damning messages from network’s star anchors and executives surrounding coverage of Donald Trump’s false 2020 election fraud narrative, Joe Sommerlad and Alex Woodward explain

The Guardian - US

Fox News hosts thought Trump’s election fraud claims were ‘total BS’, court filings show

Comments by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham revealed in $1.6bn Dominion defamation lawsuit

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