Rupert Murdoch (billionaire and conservative) owner of Fox and formerly of the UK’S Sky Television (RUPERT admitted that top-tier hosts at his network did in fact endorse the former and perhaps future President of the U.S. Donald Trump’s false claims of a fraudulent election in 2020. Court documents were filed on Monday.
As per The Hill, attorney’s for Dominion Voting Systems suing Murdoch and Fox Corp. for defamation are seeking $1.6 billion in damages. Murdoch has been deposed about whether or not some of the Fox network’s widely watched opinion hosts in fact endorsed Donald Trump’s claims.
“In fact, you are now aware that Fox endorsed at times this false notion of a stolen election?” one of Dominion’s lawyers asked Murdoch during his deposition, the court filing shows.
“Not Fox, No. Not Fox. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria, as commentators,” Murdoch replied.
“Some of our commentators were endorsing it,” the media tycoon added, when pressed again if the hosts endorsed Trump’s claims of a fraudulent election. “Yes. They endorsed.”
The filing made Monday by Dominion is the latest chapter in the suit in which the voting systems company argues that top brass at Fox, including its top hosts and executives, defamed Dominion by airing false claims peddled by Trump and his associates in the weeks following the 2020 election.
