Q. What should the consequences be when Fox News executives knowingly allow lies to be broadcast ? A. They should be reprimanded They should be reprimanded, maybe got rid of Rupert Murdoch , Chairman , Corporation ( Ex.600 , R.Murdoch 341 : 5-11)
Q. Mr. Dinh, should Fox broadcast election fraud allegations that it knows
to be false ? A. No. Viet Dinh, Chief Legal & Policy Officer ( CLPO ) , Fox
Corporation ( Ex.601, Dinh 160 : 6-9)
Q. Do you think that Fox has an obligation not to broadcast false claims to
its audience? A. Yes, ma'am. Jay Wallace, President, Fox News Network( Ex.147,
Wallace 24: 13-16)
Rupert Murdoch, Viet Dinh, and Jay Wallace are right: news networks should
not knowingly broadcast lies.
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It is such a simple point. Yet it is a point that Fox refuses to acknowledge in its summary judgment papers . To the contrary , Fox asks the Court to hold that it has no legal responsibility whatsoever for broadcasting even the most horrible allegations that it knows to be false, as long as they are newsworthy.
It is such an extraordinarily powerful opening statement to the judge in their brief by Dominion's lawyers Brian E. Farnan and Michael J. Farnan. And this is the second brief in which they have hit a walk-off home run in their Introduction! You have a chance to hire these guys, DO IT. They are superbly skilled lawyers.
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The hosts of the accused shows repeatedly endorsed the stolen election lies . Even Rupert Murdoch had to concede the point:
Q. You are aware now that Fox did more than simply host these guests and give them a platform; correct?
A. I think you've shown me some material in support of that.
Q. In fact, you are now aware that Fox endorsed at times this false notion of a stolen election?
A. Not Fox, No. Not Fox. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria, as commentators.
Q. We went through Fox hosts Maria Bartiromo, yes?
A. Yes. C'mon.
Q. Fox host Jeanine Pirro?
A. I think so.
Q. Fox Business host Lou Dobbs?
A. Oh, a lot.
Q. Fox host Sean Hannity?
A. A bit.
Q. All were in that document ; correct?
A. Yes, they were.
Q. About Fox endorsing the narrative of a stolen election; correct?
A. No. Some of our commentators were endorsing it.
Q. About their endorsement of a stolen election?
A. Yes. They endorsed.
Ex.600, Rupert Murdoch, 361: 8-362: 21.4)
There you have it. ...
"THERE YOU HAVE IT"! That's an ESPN line! OH! OH! THE WALK-OFF HR AND PAUSING TO ADMIRE IT WHILE ROUNDING THE BASES! OHHHH!: "There you have it."
FC Chairman Rupert Murdoch admitted under oath, as he had to once he finally faced the evidence, that the hosts of the accused Fox shows...He admitted that each of the Fox hosts (other than Tucker Carlson) endorsed the stolen election lies. As for Carlson, Rupert [They call him "Rupert"! OHHH!] admitted that it was wrong to host Mike Lindell on January 26 , 2021 to repeat those allegations against Dominion if Carlson didn't contest it. Ex.600 , R.Murdoch 345 : 4-8 . And Carlson admitted he did not contest it. Ex . 105, Carlson 198 : 5-201 :13 .
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…when asked if Fox executives had an obligation to stop hosts of shows from broadcasting lies, [Viet Ninh, Fox chief legal officer] said: “Yes, to prevent and correct known falsehoods.”
