Rupert Murdoch says in a witness statement that he did not intervene in the spread of election fraud claims on the channel, although he could have done so.
Founder and chairman of the Fox media corporation Rupert Murdoch admits that some of the commentators on the Fox news channel were confirmed by the ex-president Donald Trump’s and allegations of election fraud during the 2020 presidential election by its allies. The matter becomes clear from the published excerpts from Murdoch’s testimony.
In the witness statement, Murdoch says that he did not intervene in the spread of election fraud claims on the channel, although he could have done so. Among other things, Murdoch was asked if he could have blocked Trump’s lawyers by Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani appearance on the channel.
– I could have, but I didn’t, Murdoch replies.
Voting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems has filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox over allegations of election fraud presented on the news channel. According to the company’s lawyers, both the management of the Fox corporation and the Fox news channel knew about the lies being spread on the channel and could have stopped them.
Source: AP