On January 6, 2021, supporters of former President Donald Trump attacked the US Capitol. According to court filings, Trump attempted to call into Fox News after the attack, but the network refused to put him on air. Fox News host Lou Dobbs opened his show with musings on the election results, asking how Biden had received 15 million more votes than Obama, and saying they did not expect to get an answer to it that night. The House select committee is still investigating the attack, and it remains unclear if they will ever get an answer to the question.
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Fox News employees have expressed serious concerns about allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to a court filing in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network. Internal communications from Fox News employees involved in election coverage reveal that producers, executives and stars of the network knew that the election wasn’t stolen and that many fraud claims were bogus. The filing is part of a larger legal battle between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems, and it remains to be seen how the court will rule on the case.
Fox News has come under fire after damning messages were revealed in a court filing, showing that prominent stars and executives at the network privately ridiculed claims of election fraud in the 2020 election, despite allowing lies about the presidential contest to be promoted on its air. The lawsuit is seeking $1.6 billion in damages from Fox News for defamation, sparking a debate about the role of media outlets in promoting false information. Critics argue that the network should have taken more responsibility for the lies it allowed to be broadcast, while supporters argue that the network should not be held responsible for the opinions of its guests.