Key takeaways:
- Rupert Murdoch admitted under oath that Fox News hosts had promoted false conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.
- Fox News is being sued for $1.6 billion by Dominion Voting Systems for promoting wild and unfounded claims.
- Fox News continues to face criticism for its promotion of false conspiracy theories and its willingness to spread misinformation.
Fox News has come under fire after court documents revealed that Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, admitted under oath that several of the network’s hosts had promoted false conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election.
The documents were released on Monday as part of a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News by Dominion Voting Systems. The company is suing the news giant for promoting wild and unfounded claims that its voting machines were used to deny former President Donald Trump the election.
Murdoch rejected that Fox News, as an entity, endorsed Trump’s election lies. However, he conceded that hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Maria Bartiromo, and former host Lou Dobbs had promoted falsehoods about the 2020 presidential contest being stolen.
Trump lost the election to President Joe Biden by more than 7 million votes, and the court documents have further exposed Fox News as an organization that has been willing to spread false information.
The lawsuit is ongoing, and it remains to be seen what the outcome will be. In the meantime, Fox News continues to face criticism for its promotion of false conspiracy theories and its willingness to spread misinformation.
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