Apr 13 Jury selection begins in defamation lawsuit against Fox News By Randall Chase, Associated Press Jury selection has begun behind closed doors in a defamation lawsuit seeking to hold Fox News responsible for repeatedly airing false claims related to the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading
Apr 12 New disclosure of Rupert Murdoch's role at Fox News frustrates judge in Dominion case By Randall Chase, Associated Press Attorneys defending Fox in a defamation case related to false claims about the 2020 election withheld critical information about the role company founder Rupert Murdoch played at Fox News, a revelation that angered the judge when it came up at… Continue reading
Mar 21 Fox News producer claims network was coerced to give misleading testimony in Dominion libel case By Randall Chase, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The $1.6 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems alleges that Fox amplified false allegations that its machines changed votes in the 2020 presidential election. Continue reading
Mar 11 Records released in Fox defamation suit show pressures on network's journalists By David Bauder, Associated Press The released documents related to Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit against Fox offer insight into how the network's stars and leadership responded at a time of high anxiety and how giving its audience what it wanted to hear took precedence over reporting… Continue reading
Mar 09 Lawsuit against Fox reveals push to influence elections for top Republicans By Nicholas Riccardi, David Bauder, Associated Press Thousands of pages of documents in a recent lawsuit show that Fox News' top executives sometimes were actively involved in politics rather than simply reporting or offering opinions on it. Continue reading
Mar 08 Tucker Carlson's scorn for Trump revealed in defamation lawsuit filings By David Bauder, Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press The defamation lawsuit against Fox News by a voting machine company is revealing some bluntly negative behind-the-scenes Fox attitudes toward Donald Trump. Continue reading
Mar 07 Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch said under oath 2020 election was 'not stolen,' according to court filings By David Bauder, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press The transcript and other material released Tuesday expand on earlier disclosures that paint a portrait of behind-the-scenes doubt — or outright dismissals — of Trump's voting fraud claims, even as the network gave them airtime. Continue reading
Mar 07 Fox News star Tucker Carlson ramps up Jan. 6 lies with footage provided by House Republicans By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's decision to unleash a trove of Jan. 6 Capitol attack footage to Fox News' Tucker Carlson has launched a wholesale Republican effort to rewrite the history of the deadly siege. Continue reading
Feb 28 Murdoch acknowledges some Fox hosts 'endorsed' false election claims By Randall Chase, Associated Press Rupert Murdoch acknowledged that some Fox News commentators endorsed the false allegations that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that he didn't step in to stop them from promoting the claims, according to excerpts of a deposition unsealed Monday. Continue reading
Feb 22 Speaker McCarthy grants Tucker Carlson access to Jan. 6 surveillance footage By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press A hard-right political commentator, Carlson says his team is spending the week at the Capitol poring through the video and preparing to reveal their findings. But granting such high-profile access to sensitive security details to such a deeply partisan figure… Continue reading