Under oath in a $1.6 billion defamation case, Murdoch says he wishes Fox News had been 'stronger in denouncing' false claims of election fraud.
Fox News prime-time star Sean Hannity?"A bit."
Fox Corp. argues that Dominion has produced no evidence showing that Rupert Murdoch; his son Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corp.'s executive chairman; or other top corporate executives played a"direct role" in the decisions to air election-fraud claims. In their own filing Monday, Fox Corp.'s attorneys say the communications presented by Dominion that involve Fox executives are not directly related to the 115 allegedly defamatory statements at issue in the case.
He had been resolute about defending Fox News' call of the key state of Arizona for Joe Biden on election night — Nov. 3, 2020. Murdoch testified that he could hear Trump shouting in the background as the then-president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, told him the situation was"terrible.""We are still somewhat exposed on Arizona"
And Dinh was warning Lachlan Murdoch, Scott and a top deputy that"Hannity is getting awfully close to the line with his commentary and guests tonight." The next day, Rupert Murdoch warned that if Trump refused to concede graciously,"we should watch Sean especially and others don't sound the same." On Nov. 8, Rupert Murdoch emailed Scott to say that Fox News was"[g]etting creamed" by CNN. Under oath, he later said that he, Scott and Lachlan Murdoch held"a long talk" about"the direction Fox should take" that day in response to the falling ratings. They decided together to give play to Trump's baseless assertions."[T]his was big news," Murdoch said in his deposition."The President of the United States was making wild claims, but that is news.
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