{"id":557395,"date":"2023-02-28T01:35:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rupert-murdoch-acknowledged-several-hosts-backed-trumps-fraud-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28T01:35:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T22:35:32","slug":"rupert-murdoch-acknowledged-several-hosts-backed-trumps-fraud-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rupert-murdoch-acknowledged-several-hosts-backed-trumps-fraud-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rupert Murdoch acknowledged several hosts backed Trump&#8217;s fraud claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34be75b2678\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34be75b2678\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rupert-murdoch-acknowledged-several-hosts-backed-trumps-fraud-claims\/#Rupert_Murdoch_acknowledged_several_hosts_backed_Trumps_fraud_claims\" >Rupert Murdoch acknowledged several hosts backed Trump&#8217;s fraud claims<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rupert_Murdoch_acknowledged_several_hosts_backed_Trumps_fraud_claims\"><\/span>Rupert Murdoch acknowledged several hosts backed Trump&#8217;s fraud claims<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/AP19308821060562.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> mogul who owns Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Channel, acknowledged that top hosts at his network endorsed former President Trump\u2019s false claims of a fraudulent election in 2020, court documents filed on Monday show. <\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems, which is suing Murdoch and Fox Corp. for defamation and seeking $1.6 billion in damages, pressed Murdoch directly as they deposed him about whether some of the network\u2019s widely watched opinion hosts endorsed Trump\u2019s unproved claims.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, you are now aware that Fox endorsed at times this false notion of a stolen election?\u201d one of Dominion\u2019s lawyers asked Murdoch during his deposition, the court filing shows. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot Fox, No. Not Fox. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria, as commentators,\u201d Murdoch replied. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of our commentators were endorsing it,\u201d the media tycoon added, when pressed again if the hosts endorsed Trump\u2019s claims of a fraudulent election. \u201cYes. They endorsed.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The filing made Monday by Dominion is the latest chapter in a blockbuster lawsuit, in which the voting systems company argues that top brass at Fox, including its top hosts and executives, defamed Dominion by airing false claims peddled by Trump and his associates in the weeks following the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Fox has so far unsuccessfully moved to have the case dismissed on First Amendment grounds, and in a filing of its own on Monday argued it was simply airing newsworthy comments made by the president and his top associates. By Dominion\u2019s standard for defamation, Fox\u2019s lawyers argued in their filing, the company could sue virtually every media company in the country for reporting on Trump\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDominion\u2019s lawsuit has always been more about what will generate headlines than what can withstand legal and factual scrutiny, as illustrated by them now being forced to slash their fanciful damages demand by more than half a billion dollars after their own expert debunked its implausible claims,\u201d the network said in a statement on Monday evening. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTheir summary judgment motion took an extreme, unsupported view of defamation law that would prevent journalists from basic reporting and their efforts to publicly smear FOX for covering and commenting on allegations by a sitting President of the United States should be recognized for what it is: a blatant violation of the First Amendment,\u201d the statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Dominion made a separate court filing containing pages of text messages, emails and testimony that outlined how top Fox executives and hosts cast doubt on Trump\u2019s claims, and worrying about how fact-checking his statements on the air might be received by the conservative media outlet\u2019s audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Among them were top host Tucker Carlson, who Dominion alleged confronted pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, saying, \u201cYou keep telling our viewers that millions of votes were changed by the software. I hope you will prove that very soon. You\u2019ve convinced them that Trump will win. If you don\u2019t have conclusive evidence of fraud at that scale, it\u2019s a cruel and reckless thing to keep saying.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Dominion\u2019s filing also includes excerpts from its deposition of former Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, who sits on the board of Fox Corp. and was advising the Murdochs in the post-election period.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan told Dominion\u2019s lawyers that he\u00a0knew that \u201cthese conspiracy theories were baseless\u201d and that Fox \u201cshould labor to dispel conspiracy theories if and when they pop up,\u201d according to the filing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ryan said he believed \u201cthere ought to be a listing of all the allegations and then all the evidence or the validation or invalidation of those [election fraud] allegations just for the viewers\u2019 sake,\u201d and wrote to the Murdoch after the election saying \u201cthat\u00a0Fox News should not be spreading conspiracy theories.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>On Jan. 5, 2021, a day before the deadly attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters, Dominion alleges Murdoch wrote to Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s been suggested our prime time three should independently or together say something like \u2018the election is over and Joe Biden won,\u2019\u201d and that such a move \u201cwould go a long way to stop the Trump myth that the election stolen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A jury trial in the case is expected to begin in April. <\/p>\n<p><em>Updated at 6:23 p.m. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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