A jury in Delaware will be asked to weigh the limits of the First Amendment. Another question in the case is whether the network will pay a financial penalty for disseminating election lies.
Category: Presidential Election of 2020
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Judge Limits Fox’s Options for Defense in Dominion Trial
A Delaware judge said Fox News could not argue newsworthiness to defend airing false claims, and limited how Dominion Voting Systems could reference the Jan. 6 attack.
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Fox News Settles Defamation Case With Venezuelan Businessman
In a letter to a New York judge, the parties said they had reached a settlement in a case related to claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, but did not disclose the terms.
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Fox and Dominion Urge Judge to Rule on Case
The New York Times – Business: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.
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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.