Murdoch asked whether Fox hosts went ‘too far’ FMTNews FMTWorld
WASHINGTON: Fox Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch said that hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham maybe “went too far” in their coverage of voter fraud claims, according to an email in a trove of exhibits in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox unsealed on Tuesday.
The documents show top executives down to show-level producers and hosts discussing concerns about the network’s reputation and casting doubt on the plausibility of Trump’s claims of election fraud. The unsealed exhibits contain evidence underlying both parties’ duelling motions for summary judgment, filed last month, in which they seek rulings in their favour to avert a trial.
According to Dominion’s unsealed filings, Murdoch emailed a friend that the notion state legislators could change the election outcome – an idea then gaining traction on the right – “sound ridiculous. There’d be riots like never before.” Fox has said that Dominion’s “extreme” interpretation of defamation law would “stop the media in its tracks” and chill freedom of the press.
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