After giving a platform to Trump allies falsely claiming Dominion 'flipped' millions of votes to Joe Biden, Fox News still refuses to 'retract the lies and tell its audience the truth,' lawyers for Dominion say in papers filed in Delaware Superior Court.
Fox News has acknowledged in court that its on-air claims that Dominion Voting Services"rigged" the 2020 election were false — but it still hasn't acknowledged that to its audience, the voting machine company charged in a court filing Wednesday.
"Despite having conceded it was all a lie, and despite internal documents proving they knew it was a lie all along, Fox still will not retract the lies and tell its audience the truth," the company argued, pointing a finger at Murdoch."What is Rupert Murdoch’s rationale for not retracting? Not that the truth is still in doubt. He admitted he 'never believed' that Dominion rigged the election.
The documents have often showed that behind the scenes, Fox executives and hosts understood that what was on air was not in line with the truth:
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