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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/business/media/fox-dominion-lawsuit.htmlDefamation Suit Against Fox Grows More Contentious
Lachlan Murdoch is set to be deposed on Monday, the latest in a flurry of activity in the high-stakes case.
By Jeremy W. Peters
Dec. 4, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET
Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of the Fox Corporation, is expected to be deposed on Monday as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for amplifying bogus claims that rigged machines from Dominion Voting Systems were responsible for Donald J. Trumps defeat in 2020.
Mr. Murdoch will be the most senior corporate figure within the Fox media empire to face questions under oath in the case so far. And his appearance before Dominions lawyers is a sign of how unexpectedly far and fast the lawsuit has progressed in recent weeks and how contentious it has become.
Fox and Dominion have gone back and forth in Delaware state court since the summer in an escalating dispute over witnesses, evidence and testimony. The arguments point to the high stakes of the case, which will render a judgment on whether the most powerful conservative media outlet in the country intentionally misled its audience and helped seed one of the most pervasive lies in American politics.
Although the law leans in the medias favor in defamation cases, Dominion has what independent observers have said is an unusually strong case. Day after day, Fox hosts and guests repeated untrue stories about Dominions ties to communist regimes and far-fetched theories about how its software enabled enemies of the former president to steal his votes.
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Lachlan Murdoch is set to be deposed on Monday, the latest in a flurry of activity in the high-stakes case.
By Jeremy W. Peters
Dec. 4, 2022, 5:00 a.m. ET
Lachlan Murdoch, the chief executive of the Fox Corporation, is expected to be deposed on Monday as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for amplifying bogus claims that rigged machines from Dominion Voting Systems were responsible for Donald J. Trumps defeat in 2020.
Mr. Murdoch will be the most senior corporate figure within the Fox media empire to face questions under oath in the case so far. And his appearance before Dominions lawyers is a sign of how unexpectedly far and fast the lawsuit has progressed in recent weeks and how contentious it has become.
Fox and Dominion have gone back and forth in Delaware state court since the summer in an escalating dispute over witnesses, evidence and testimony. The arguments point to the high stakes of the case, which will render a judgment on whether the most powerful conservative media outlet in the country intentionally misled its audience and helped seed one of the most pervasive lies in American politics.
Although the law leans in the medias favor in defamation cases, Dominion has what independent observers have said is an unusually strong case. Day after day, Fox hosts and guests repeated untrue stories about Dominions ties to communist regimes and far-fetched theories about how its software enabled enemies of the former president to steal his votes.
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Defamation Suit Against Fox Grows More Contentious (Original Post)
sl8
Dec 2022
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If so it would be THE one time I'd concede that a corporation did one thing in the public interest.
ancianita
Dec 2022
#4
FOX "news" segments were knowingly false and malicious, and caused true financial damage to Dominion
Midnight Writer
Dec 2022
#6
bucolic_frolic
(43,443 posts)1. May Truth win out
If we get to the point where lies and logical fallacy control public discourse and our minds, we are a lost civilization. Not that it hasn't happened before.
scarletlib
(3,419 posts)2. Hope Dominion totally destroys Fox financially and otherwise.
hadEnuf
(2,222 posts)3. Fox needs to be sued out of existence.
lambchopp59
(2,809 posts)8. Fox needs to be sued out of existence.
ancianita
(36,207 posts)4. If so it would be THE one time I'd concede that a corporation did one thing in the public interest.
Bankruptcy is the only way.
Midnight Writer
(21,834 posts)6. FOX "news" segments were knowingly false and malicious, and caused true financial damage to Dominion
Who is going to buy voting equipment from a company that is reported to sell "crooked" machines?
I think Dominion has a strong case. I'm glad they are fighting back against the insane lies of the Right Wing manipulation machine.