Dominion Voting sues Fox, OAN and Newsmax for $1.6B each over 2020 election claims.

[hal2kilo]

this seems big?

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/27/media/dominion-fox-news/index.html

Murdoch is relentlessly throwing all of his stars under the bus. I love it. You guys are F'd.
Edit: you guys being Fox.

 

[vi edit]

I just see that as Murdoch trying to change the narrative that they were opinion pieces of those yapping heads and not an official stance of Fox.

 

[fskimospy]

this seems big?

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/27/media/dominion-fox-news/index.html

That looks like he is throwing them under the bus.

 

[uclaLabrat]

I just see that as Murdoch trying to change the narrative that they were opinion pieces of those yapping heads and not an official stance of Fox.

Wonder if theyll respond in kind to being thrown under the bus 🤣

 

[woolfe9998]

Rupert Murdoch admits in deposition that some Fox News hosts endorsed the false election fraud claim.

In his deposition, Murdoch rejected that the right-wing talk network as an entity endorsed former President Donald Trump’s election lies. But Murdoch conceded that Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Maria Bartiromo, and former host Lou Dobbs promoted the falsehood about the presidential contest being stolen.

“Some of our commentators were endorsing it,,” Murdoch said, according to the filing, when asked about the talk hosts’ on-air positions about the election. “I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it, in hindsight,” he added.
The filing also revealed that Murdoch referred to some of Trump’s 2020 election lies as “bulls**t and damaging.”

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/media/dominion-fox-news/index.html

A pretty damaging admission in the lawsuit since he is admitting that Fox personnel endorsed it rather than just admitting that guests were saying it, but at least he told the truth under oath.

 

[HomerJS]

The only way to get truth from conservatives is to put them under oath. Absent that, Fox is able to spin lies successfully.

I remember one in particular during the 9/11 hearings Cassidy Hutchinson testified about Donald Trump the day of Jan 6. Her testimony was based on what she was told by a Secret Service agent. She said Trump tried to force the agents to the rally. Cursing at the agent, grabbing the steering wheel, etc. After her testimony she was accused of lying and that the SS refuted her testimony. Of course, the refutation was given to the media. They never went under oath and Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony has held up even today.

 

[akugami]

I just see that as Murdoch trying to change the narrative that they were opinion pieces of those yapping heads and not an official stance of Fox.

Murdoch is caving under the huge mountain of evidence. He knows Fox is in deep crap, and he's not willing to commit perjury in a failing court case.

The big tell is that Fox's official stance is still that their hosts were merely expressing opinion, and asking questions.

Murdoch has no morals. He is evil. He admitted to giving out privileged information out about Biden's campaign. This is not reporting the news. This is openly assisting the campaign of one of the candidates. As an accredited news organization, this is a huge ethics violation, and IMHO, should be referred to the FTC. And yet this soulless human felt he did nothing wrong.

 

[sportage]

Wonder if theyll respond in kind to being thrown under the bus 🤣

Now we know the only thing Tucker and Hannity care about are the stocks. As far as being tossed under the bus, Murdoch has a long list of potential replacements to pick from if and when so needed. All of them members of the house. Now really, how long can these idiots last as members of the house?

Meet your new 2024 Fox News hosts.

 

[woolfe9998]

Murdoch is caving under the huge mountain of evidence. He knows Fox is in deep crap, and he's not willing to commit perjury in a failing court case.

Yeah, that's probably true. Which is yet another indication of how these lawsuits are likely to turn out.

 

[pete6032]

What are the chances this lawsuit actually does significant damage to Fox News? Assuming Dominon wins then Fox will owe Dominon damages and probably have to issue and apology. Would anything else happen? Hosts fired? Murdoch forced to give up ownership?

 

[woolfe9998]

What are the chances this lawsuit actually does significant damage to Fox News? Assuming Dominon wins then Fox will owe Dominon damages and probably have to issue and apology. Would anything else happen? Hosts fired? Murdoch forced to give up ownership?

No, just money. Could be billions, if punitive damages are awarded.

 

[woolfe9998]

Looking over Murdoch's testimony, wow did he sink Fox News.

So Fox News wrote this in its court filing:

Fox Corporation said in its filing that Dominion “has produced zero evidentiary support for its dubious theory that high-level executives at Fox Corporation ‘chose to publish and broadcast’ or played a ‘direct role in the creation and publication’ of false election lies.”

And here is what Murdoch said in his deposition.

When asked why he continued to allow Lindell, the MyPillow CEO, to make election fraud claims on Fox News, Murdoch said it was a business decision.
“It is not red or blue, it is green,” Murdoch replied, according to the court documents.

Zero evidentiary support, eh? No, it's only Rupert effing Murdoch admitting under oath that he personally allowed election deniers on air, to make money. Doh!

 

[Linux23]

And nothing will come of this. Fox will continue their lies and MAGAts will continue to drink from the cum filled well as long as they get to own da libs. 🙄

 

[Pohemi]

Murdoch has no morals. He is evil. He admitted to giving out privileged information out about Biden's campaign. This is not reporting the news. This is openly assisting the campaign of one of the candidates. As an accredited news organization, this is a huge ethics violation, and IMHO, should be referred to the FTC. And yet this soulless human felt he did nothing wrong.

I thought that might happen (lose accreditation) when they openly admitted in court that they are political entertainment and not strictly a news channel.
The only way they'll be held liable is being sued I think, as the FCC only has some measure of control over news inaccuracies on broadcast stations (not cable network stations.)

Broadcast News Distortion

Broadcasters may not intentionally distort the news. The FCC states that "rigging or slanting the news is a most heinous act against the public interest."

www.fcc.gov

"The scope of the news distortion policy is limited in several respects. First, the regulation applies only to the broadcast medium, which means that the FCC has no power to enforce it against cable news networks, newspapers or newsletters (whether online or print), social media platforms, online-only streaming outlets or any other non-broadcast news platform."

 

[HomerJS]

What are the chances this lawsuit actually does significant damage to Fox News? Assuming Dominon wins then Fox will owe Dominon damages and probably have to issue and apology. Would anything else happen? Hosts fired? Murdoch forced to give up ownership?

If Dominion wins I would think the capital police have a legitimate claim against Fox News since promoting the big lie led up to the insurrection.

I would think all the capital police are good for another billion in compensatory and punitive damages. Some officers would get more than others aka Ofc Fanone.

I have a sinking feeling even if found guilty, SCOTUS will bail out Fox News.

 

[HomerJS]

I thought that might happen (lose accreditation) when they openly admitted in court that they are political entertainment and not strictly a news channel.
The only way they'll be held liable is being sued I think, as the FCC only has some measure of control over news inaccuracies on broadcast stations (not cable network stations.)

Broadcast News Distortion

Broadcasters may not intentionally distort the news. The FCC states that "rigging or slanting the news is a most heinous act against the public interest."

www.fcc.gov

Unfortunately I heard FCC only covers broadcast networks.

 

[amenx]

So with Murdoch testimony is it an open and shut case? No more to argue, Dominion wins?

 

[woolfe9998]

So with Murdoch testimony is it an open and shut case? No more to argue, Dominion wins?

They will argue over the amount of compensatory damages. Dominion's compensatory claims are likely over-inflated because they always are.

And Fox News will do their best to argue against liability. I just doubt they will prevail.

 

[HomerJS]

It just gets better and better.
Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner 'confidential information' about Biden's 2020 ads before they were public, Dominion alleges (msn.com)

Does the Biden campaign or the DNCC have a basis for a suit of their own??

 

[Pohemi]

Unfortunately I heard FCC only covers broadcast networks.

Yeah, you are correct. You quoted my post right before I edited it to add the summary paragraph from the FCC page, hehe.

edit: I got a five spot on Elisabeth Murdoch and Elon hooking up, lol.

 

[fskimospy]

Can anyone imagine the right wing meltdown that would happen if say, ABC news were uncovered to be doing the exact same thing?

 

[ivwshane]

Can anyone imagine the right wing meltdown that would happen if say, ABC news were uncovered to be doing the exact same thing?

Don’t be silly! That would be different.

 

[MrSquished]

Right now the Democrats should be melting down, as this should be constantly mentioned by them

 

[Motostu]

Probably can't b done as part of this suit, but it would be great if they were no longer allowed to use the word 'news' for any of their networks. Rupert essentially said they'd say anything for money.

 

[fskimospy]

Don’t be silly! That would be different.

It would be different and that’s my point. Everyone, even conservatives, knows ABC is a legitimate news organization and Fox is a right wing propaganda network. They pretend otherwise but we shouldn’t pretend to believe them.