Fox News and its lies: closer to home than we might think

Stephen Kneale  |  Comment
Date posted:  1 Jun 2023
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Fox News and its lies: closer to home than we might think

Fox News has reached a US$787.5m settlement with the voting equipment company Dominion.

The case concerned a dispute over whether the network and its parent company knowingly broadcast false claims that Dominion sought to swing the 2020 American presidential election. Dominion accused Fox of airing claims that their machines were involved in a plot to steal the election away from Donald Trump, alleging that the network knew such claims were false but aired them anyway because they feared losing viewers to rival networks.

Dominion discovered a significant number of internal communications from Fox stating that those who were announcing these false claims on air concerning Dominion and a stolen election knew what they were saying to be untrue. The CEO of Dominion, John Poulos, said that Fox had ‘admitted to telling lies’, whilst the network said they ‘acknowledge the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.’

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