Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch acknowledged in a legal deposition last month that hosts from Fox News promoted the false notion that the 2020 election was stolen, according to a legal filing from Dominion Voting Systems that was unsealed Monday.
The deposition adds to mounting evidence that executives in charge at the network knew their hosts were promoting election falsehoods, but aired them anyway — a key aspect of Dominion's legal argument in its $1.6 billionIn a statement, Dominion said that it is "a strong believer in the First Amendment and its protections. As long-settled law makes clear, the First Amendment does not shield broadcasters that knowingly or recklessly spread lies.
He also conceded that Fox News was “trying to straddle the line between spewing conspiracy theories on one hand, yet calling out the fact that they are actually false on the other.” At one point during the deposition, Dinh conceded that Fox had an obligation to prevent and correct known falsehoods already the election.The unsealed filing also provides new details about Murdoch's involvement with Fox News' editorial strategy and the Trump campaign.
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