New court documents show that Rupert Murdoch and his top lieutenants at Fox News were aware that former president Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false.
New court documents show that Rupert Murdoch and his top lieutenants at Fox News were aware that former President Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false, but agreed to give them continued coverage in an effort to keep its unhappy viewers from fleeing.
When asked as to whether he could have said to Fox News Media Chief Executive Suzanne Scott and the network’s hosts “stop putting Rudy Giuliani on the air,” Murdoch replied, “I could have. But I didn’t.”Fox News has maintained that its coverage and commentary of Trump’s false allegations were newsworthy and therefore protected under the 1st Amendment.
“We are entering a truly bizarre phase of this where [Trump] has actually convinced himself of this farce and will do more bizarre things to de-legitimize the election,” Ryan told the Murdochs. “I see this as a key inflection point for Fox, where the right thing and the smart business thing to do line up nicely.”
Scott told Murdoch that “privately they are all there” but “we need to be careful about using the shows and pissing off the viewers.”
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