At the start of a pretrial hearing for the $1.6 billion defamation trial, the judge said he was still weighing whether to issue a summary judgment.
Category: Presidential Election of 2020
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Fox and Dominion Urge Judge to Rule on Case
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The Week in Business: Fox News Anchors’ Private Messages
The New York Times – Business:President Biden offers a proposed budget. Jobs numbers once again soared past analysts’ forecasts. And we’ll get a new inflation figure this week.
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Records Show Fox and G.O.P.’s Shared Quandary: Trump
The New York Times – Business:Fox hosts and executives privately mocked the former president’s election fraud claims, even as the network amplified them in a frantic effort to appease viewers.
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Tucker Carlson’s Private Contempt for Trump: ‘I Hate Him Passionately’
The New York Times – Business:The Fox host’s private comments, revealed in recent court documents, contrast sharply with his support of conservatives on his show.
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Conservative Media Pay Little Attention to Revelations About Fox News
The New York Times – Business:Even in today’s highly partisan media world, experts said, the lack of coverage about the private comments of Fox’s top executives and hosts stands out.
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Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen
The New York Times – Business:Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.
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Murdoch Acknowledges Fox News Hosts Endorsed Election Fraud Falsehoods
The New York Times – Business:The conservative media mogul made the remarks under oath last month in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.
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Hannity and Other Fox Employees Said They Doubted Trump’s Fraud Claims
The New York Times – Business:On Wednesday, lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems shared some of the strongest evidence yet that some Fox employees knew what they broadcast about the claims was false.
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Defamation Suit Against Fox Grows More Contentious
The New York Times – Business:Lachlan Murdoch is set to be deposed on Monday, the latest in a flurry of activity in the high-stakes case.
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Mike Pence Plays to the G.O.P. Base From a Times Stage
The New York Times – Business:Mr. Pence, while promoting his new book at the DealBook Summit, frowned upon the idea of the Justice Department’s taking action against his former boss.
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New York Post Takes Aim at Trump, and Hits a Nerve
The New York Times – Business:The paper’s increasingly harsh coverage has gotten the news media and political worlds talking about whether the Murdoch media empire has broken permanently from the former president.