File under "Fox News learned nothing from the Dominion lawsuit." Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo was one of the worst offenders for behavior that led to the record-setting $787 million settlement Fox News paid in a defamation lawsuit filed by a voting machine company falsely accused of "stealing" the 2020 election from Donald Trump. During the height of the Big Lie, Bartiromo had a steady stream of guests touting wild conspiracy theories, usually based on shady claims of "sources" that were often entirely fictional. Or, in the case of Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, based on emails from a woman who claimed she is a ghost who speaks to the wind.
Yet Bartiromo was at it again on Sunday night. This time she interviewed Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., about his highly implausible claims to have "evidence" to back up the increasingly baroque right-wing conspiracy theories accusing President Joe Biden and his family of running a crime syndicate. Comer claims to have an "informant," but somehow, said person never materializes, and neither does their evidence. Even Bartiromo asked where this person was.
