Mr. Hannity’s disclosure – along with others that emerged from court on Wednesday about what Fox News executives and hosts really believed as their network became one of the loudest megaphones for lies about the 2020 election – is among the strongest evidence yet to emerge publicly that some Fox employees knew that what they were broadcasting was false.
Defamation Case: Some of the biggest names at Fox News are being questioned in the $1.6 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against the network.
Exploring a Merger: Fox and News Corp, the two sides of Rupert Murdoch’s media business, are weighing a proposal that could put Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and the Fox broadcasting network under the same corporate umbrella.
The high legal standard of proof in defamation cases makes it difficult for a company like Dominion to prevail against a media organization like Fox News.
One lawyer for Dominion said that “Not a single Fox witness” so far had produced anything supporting the various false claims about the company that were uttered repeatedly on the network.
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