2/28/23: Rupert Murdoch admits Fox lied, GOP civil war explodes

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🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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0:00.0	Today, I'm starting with explosive and stunning revelations from the Dominion lawsuit against
0:23.2	Fox News.
0:24.2	We have learned in the last few hours that Rupert Murdock of news corporation admitted
0:30.3	under oath that yes, Fox News hosts were promoting election lies.
0:37.0	Now we all knew this, but it is a massive story of huge consequence.
0:43.0	Yeah, Rupert Murdock can afford to pay most likely whatever comes of this lawsuit, but
0:49.1	this genuinely could, could harm Fox News in a serious way.
0:55.0	Let's get right to what we've learned.
0:57.2	Mediaite has a report Rupert Murdock admitted under oath Fox News hosts promoted election
1:03.6	lies on air despite a raft of evidence revealing that many hosts privately knew that the claims
1:11.8	made by then president Donald Trump and his surrogates were false.
1:17.3	Serving new details emerged in more court documents released yesterday afternoon in the
1:23.1	Dominion voting system defamation lawsuit against Fox News as chairman of Fox News parent
1:29.0	company of Fox Corporation Murdock is a central figure in the $1.6 billion damages claim
1:35.2	according to the copy of the filing obtained by mediaite Murdock admitted in a deposition
1:40.3	last month that false selection claims were promoted by top hosts at the cable news network.
1:46.9	They endorsed I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight said
1:53.1	Murdock Murdock was asked if host Janine Piro endorsed the claims Murdock said I think so.
1:58.9	He said Lou Dobbs endorsed the claims quote a lot and Sean Hannity did so a bit when
2:05.0	asked if he could have told Fox to stop inviting Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani
2:10.1	on the air Murdock replied I could have, but I didn't arguably as big
2:16.5	a revelation Murdock helped the Trump campaign by providing Biden television ads to Jared
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