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Rupert Murdoch admits Fox News stars ‘endorsed’ bogus election fraud claims

Right-wing media empire’s chairman gives sworn deposition in Dominion’s $1.6bn defamation lawsuit

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Off camera, Fox hosts doubted 2020 election fraud claims

To millions of viewers, Fox News hosts gave allies of former President Donald Trump a platform to champion false claims that he lost the 2020 election because of voter fraud

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Fox: Dominion defamation suit is assault on First Amendment

Attorneys for Fox News say a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network over its coverage of the 2020 presidential election is an assault on the First Amendment

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Murdoch’s succession: who wins from move to reunite Fox and News Corp?

Deal would seal legacy with favoured heirs, but markets question whether companies should merge in the first place

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022

Murdoch moves to reunite companies that own Fox News and the Wall Street Journal

Three years after selling much of 21st Century Fox to Walt Disney, Rupert Murdoch is exploring reuniting his U.S news companies, bringing titles like the Wall Street Journal and Fox News under one umbrella.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 15, 2022

Libel Lawsuit Against Fox Over Claims That Businessman Was "COO" of "2020 Election … Cyber Pearl Harbor"

From Khalil v. Fox Corp., decided Monday by Judge Louis Stanton (S.D.N.Y.): The plaintiff in this action is Majed Khalil, a Venezuelan businessman. During the course of the events giving rise to this action, he was also referred to as "Khalil Majed Mazoud." Defendants in this case are Lou Dobbs,…

Reason · Sep 28, 2022

‘What game is he playing?’: Lachlan Murdoch, Trump’s election lies and the legal fight against a small Australian website

Observers say a showdown between the minnow and the monolith has been looking ‘increasingly inevitable’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2022

Lachlan Murdoch accuses Australian news site Crikey of using legal threat to attract subscriptions

Lawyers for Murdoch say an ad in the New York Times sought to ‘humiliate’ the Fox Corporation chief executive

The Guardian - AU · Aug 24, 2022

Lachlan Murdoch sues Australia’s Crikey for defamation

Fox News boss sues Crikey over article linking the Murdoch family to the January 6 Capitol riots in the US.

Al Jazeera · Aug 24, 2022

Away from Jan 6 hearings, right wing news channels face a reckoning of their own over false election claims

Proponents of the lie that the 2020 election was stolen are currently facing a very public reckoning. Millions of Americans are tuning in to watch the January 6 House committee outline evidence of a concerted effort by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the election.

The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022