According to court documents released on Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit involving Fox News' coverage of former President Donald Trump's unfounded election fraud claims, Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch testified under oath that he thinks the 2020 presidential election was free, fair, and not stolen.
Murdoch was questioned under oath in January by attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems about whether or not the 2020 presidential election was free and fair. He answered, "Yeah," according to the transcript. Later, he declared, "The election was not stolen.
According to the AP, Dominion is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, alleging that the network destroyed the company's operations by airing false assertions made by Trump's lawyers that Dominion had tampered with votes in the 2020 election. There was no widespread fraud that might have impacted the outcome of the 2020 election, according to federal and state election officials, thorough investigations in swing states, and Trump's attorney general.
They also didn't find any solid proof that the vote was rigged. Many courts, including some with judges he had selected, have flatly rejected Trump's charges of fraud.
In order to create the impression that Dominion ignored the facts in order to maintain its audience, Fox contends that Dominion is fabricating its claims of lost business and has cherry-picked and misrepresented statements made by Fox hosts and leaders. The company complained in a statement released on Tuesday that "to twist and even misattribute quotes to the highest levels of our company is truly beyond the pale" and that "Dominion has been caught red-handed using more distortions and misinformation in their PR campaign to smear Fox News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press."
In evidence made public last month, Murdoch expressed regret that Fox had not been more vehement in refuting Trump's assertions, which infuriated the outgoing president.
Murdoch was questioned under oath in January by attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems about whether or not the 2020 presidential election was free and fair. He answered, "Yeah," according to the transcript. Later, he declared, "The election was not stolen.
According to the AP, Dominion is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion, alleging that the network destroyed the company's operations by airing false assertions made by Trump's lawyers that Dominion had tampered with votes in the 2020 election. There was no widespread fraud that might have impacted the outcome of the 2020 election, according to federal and state election officials, thorough investigations in swing states, and Trump's attorney general.
They also didn't find any solid proof that the vote was rigged. Many courts, including some with judges he had selected, have flatly rejected Trump's charges of fraud.
In order to create the impression that Dominion ignored the facts in order to maintain its audience, Fox contends that Dominion is fabricating its claims of lost business and has cherry-picked and misrepresented statements made by Fox hosts and leaders. The company complained in a statement released on Tuesday that "to twist and even misattribute quotes to the highest levels of our company is truly beyond the pale" and that "Dominion has been caught red-handed using more distortions and misinformation in their PR campaign to smear Fox News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press."
In evidence made public last month, Murdoch expressed regret that Fox had not been more vehement in refuting Trump's assertions, which infuriated the outgoing president.
