#1549 Fox News is worse than we imagined or: they all knew they were lying
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 18 March 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Air Date 3/18/2023
Today, we take a look at how Fox News is being exposed as the alleged liars-for-pay we always suspected they were by the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.
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Fox News based on evidence from the Dominion lawsuit. "All the way from Rupert Murdoch on down to the show producers, they knew what they were saying was not true, that it was actually a lie, and they did it anyway," says Carusone.
Former Obama spokesperson Tommy Vietor and political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen draft the biggest bombshells and revelations from Dominion's Lawsuit against Fox News.
MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin talks to SiriusXM radio's Dean Obeidallah about the recent revelations that Fox News anchors and Rupert Murdoch knew the 2020 election fraud claims that Fox News was broadcasting were a lie
Jonathan Mahler (@jonathanmahler), staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins us to discuss his article, 'Planet Fox: How Rupert Murdoh's Empire of Influence Remade the World.'
White House correspondent Scott Detrow, media correspondent David Folkenflik, and Colorado Public Radio reporter Bente Birkeland.
Ch. 6: See Tucker Carlson demolished on TV by his own words - The Beat - Air Date 3-14-23
Before hosting a Fox News show, Tucker Carlson warned against "conspiracy theories.” Now, Mr. Carlson is involved in a case alleging lies, where some of the most damning evidence comes from Fox hosts including Carlson.
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Ch. 7: Fox News Faces ANOTHER Election Fraud Defamation Lawsuit - The Young Turks - Air Date 12-30-21
Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil is suing Fox News, Lou Dobbs, and Sidney Powell for defamation regarding conspiracy theories about the 2020 election being rigged against Donald Trump.
Ch. 8: The OTHER Lawsuit Involving the Murdochs - On the Media - Air Date 3-1-23
Guest host David Folkenflik speaks with Lachlan Cartwright, the Editor at Large of the Daily Beast where he covers power, crime, celebrity and justice, to get a look into the lawsuits and what they mean for the future of the Fox empire.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of a Left podcast in which we shall |
| 0:07.0 | take a look at how Fox News is being exposed as the alleged liars for pay we always suspected |
| 0:12.6 | they were by the defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion voting systems. |
| 0:17.6 | Clips today are from Democracy Now, Pod Save America, the Dean Obadiah Show, the Majority |
| 0:23.5 | Report in PR Politics and the Beat with additional members only clips from the Young Turks and |
| 0:30.0 | on the media. |
| 0:37.5 | In recent weeks there have been a number of bombs show revelations about the inner workings |
| 0:41.7 | of the network that have come to light as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed |
| 0:47.8 | by Dominion voting systems against Fox. |
| 0:51.1 | Cooper Murdock, owner of Fox News, has admitted under oath that many host on his network endure |
| 0:56.8 | Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election and that Trump's lawyers like Rudy |
| 1:01.9 | Giuliani had used Fox to spread what he called really crazy stuff. |
| 1:07.5 | Murdock also admitted it was wrong for Fox to keep interviewing pro-Trunk conspiracy theorist |
| 1:13.1 | Mike Lindell, the CEO of my pillow. |
| 1:15.9 | But Murdock suggested it was done for financial, not political reasons. |
| 1:20.1 | Murdock said it's not red or blue, it's green. |
| 1:23.9 | In court filings, Dominion also revealed Murdock had given Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, |
| 1:30.3 | confidential information about Biden's campaign ads along with debate strategy and possible |
| 1:36.1 | violation of election laws. |
| 1:37.8 | Meanwhile, the New York Times has revealed details of a major firestorm within Fox. |
| 1:43.9 | After the network projected on election night in 2020, that Joe Biden had beaten Donald Trump |
| 1:49.0 | in the state of Arizona. |
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