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The Beat with Ari Melber

Legal earthquake rocks Fox News empire

The Beat with Ari Melber

MSNBC

Government, Daily News, Politics, News

4.64.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

MSNBC’S Ari Melber hosts “The Beat" on Thursday, January 19, and reports on Rupert Murdoch’s deposition in Dominion Voting's $1.6 billion lawsuit against Fox News. Plus, Melber reports on gerrymandering in Michigan. David Corn, Michael Moore, and Betsy Coffia join.

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0:00.0

Welcome everyone to the B.D.M.R.Y. Melber.

0:01.7

Our top story is the earthquake rocking the Fox News Empire.

0:07.5

Tonight, a billion dollar case putting real pressure

0:10.4

on the very top of the Fox News company for the first time,

0:14.2

hitting Rupert Burdock himself,

0:16.0

the right-wing billionaire who's long-wielded power,

0:19.4

and enjoyed it.

0:20.8

And he said so for about seven decades.

0:25.1

Do you like a feeling of power you have?

0:26.8

Well, is anyone on a terms of the other course, that's yes.

0:30.3

Burdock deploys Fox News and his tabloids in New York Post

0:33.4

and the iconic Wall Street Journal with that power

0:36.6

that he admits he enjoys to shape and sometimes all

0:38.9

but run America's Republican Party.

0:41.3

And of course, impact conservative discourse in this country.

0:45.4

Now he's under legal pressure because Fox aired falsehoods

0:48.9

and lies about the 2020 election

0:51.4

and allegedly pushed the specific lies

0:53.9

that they knew were false at the time which paved the way

0:58.0

and built the support for many of the people

1:00.4

who then showed up at the insurrection.

1:02.5

A company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit.

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