The first revelations from Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News were devastating. Newly unsealed records — including sworn testimony from Rupert Murdoch — make matters even worse. (via MaddowBlog)
It’s too soon to say whether Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News will succeed in the courts, but it’s already succeeding in doing extraordinary political harm to the network.
Though Fox News continues to characterize the defamation case as “baseless,” it’s comments like this one from Murdoch that reinforce the impression that the network prioritized money over truth. The filing also offered new insight into the relationship between Murdoch and Trump’s son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, asserting that Murdoch provided Kushner with “Fox confidential information” about Joe Biden’s ads, as well as debate strategy.
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