The filing contains material Dominion has obtained via discovery from Fox News over the past few months, including text messages, internal emails, and depositions. In an amended counter claim, Fox News also called into question Dominion's damage claim, writing that "even under the most optimistic projections, Staple Street has never estimated Dominion's value as a business to be anywhere near $1.6 billion." Staple street is the majority owner of Dominion.ĭominion's Thursday filing lays out its top evidence against Fox News, which Dominion claims pushed false accusations that the voting company had rigged the 2020 election, in order for the news channel to boost its rating and make a profit. "Dominion has come nowhere close to producing the 'clear and convincing' evidence that the relevant individuals at Fox News made or published any challenged statement with actual malice," the Fox motion said. In its motion for summary judgment filed Thursday, Fox wrote that "statements Dominion challenges are not actionable defamation because Fox News' coverage and commentary are not only not defamatory, but also protected by the First Amendment and New York doctrines emanating from it." SEE ALSO: Trump election probe grand jury believes some witnesses liedįox News, in a statement, said, "There will be a lot of noise and confusion generated by Dominion and their opportunistic private equity owners, but the core of this case remains about freedom of the press and freedom of speech, which are fundamental rights afforded by the Constitution and protected by New York Times v. "From the top down, Fox knew 'the Dominion stuff' was 'total BS.' Yet despite knowing the truth - or at minimum, recklessly disregarding that truth - Fox spread and endorsed these 'outlandish voter fraud claims' about Dominion even as it internally recognized the lies as 'crazy,' 'absurd,' and 'shockingly reckless.'" "Fox knew," according to the filing, which cited excerpts of evidence gathered as part of the suit. The voting company is suing Fox News for $1.6 billion for allegedly defaming the company in the aftermath of the 2020 election. In a nearly 200-page document filed as part of its billion-dollar defamation suit against the network, Dominion Voting Systems shared emails, texts, testimony, and other private communications from Fox News personnel that cast doubt on claims that Dominion's voting machines had somehow rigged the presidential election in Joe Biden's favor. NEW YORK - Fox News anchors and producers privately acknowledged that former President Donald Trump and his allies' allegations of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 election were false despite their network's promotion of those claims, according to a new court filing by Dominion Voting Systems. House speaker, Kevin McCarthy provided Carlson and Fox News with some 41,000 hours of video from inside the deadly riot that left five people dead in its aftermath.Newly-released private communications suggest the network's top anchors promoted claims of election fraud despite believing those claims to be untrue. On Monday, shortly before the text messages were published publicly, The Tucker Carlson Show broadcast security footage from inside the Capitol building on Jan. Ditto with Rudy (Giuliani),” Ingraham wrote.įurther legal documents have revealed even Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, said Ingraham and Fox News host Sean Hannity maybe “went too far” in their untrue claims of election fraud. Laura Ingraham, also a Fox News host, called Sidney Powell a “complete nut” despite lauding her during broadcasts. CongressĪlongside Carlson, other high-profile Fox News personalities and executives have also had their less-than-faithful messages about Trump and his allies revealed within the defamation lawsuit. There isn’t really an upside to Trump.”īen Savage of ‘Boy Meets World’ announces bid for U.S. “We’re all pretending we’ve got a lot to show for it, because admitting what a disaster it’s been is too tough to digest. “That’s the last four years,” Carlson wrote of Trump’s presidency. He could easily destroy us if we play it wrong.” He’s the undisputed world champion of that. The alleged text messages about Trump continued: “What he’s good at is destroying things. “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights,” Carlson wrote in another text. The new legal documents cast doubt on Carlson’s seemingly strong support for Trump and paint a contrasting image of him behind closed doors. Biggest gold rush in years could occur after historic storms in CaliforniaĬarlson, a staunch conservative political commentator, has regularly praised Trump on Fox News and is accused of further spreading misinformation and conspiracy on his self-titled TV program.8 dead bodies found in Cancun, the 2nd grim discovery this month.3 teens charged with murder in rock-throwing spree that killed 20-year-old.
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