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Revelations from the defamation case against Fox News

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The Washington Post

Daily News, Politics, News

4.45.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In the wake of the 2020 election, Fox News aired false claims about election fraud promoted by Trump allies. A lawsuit, however, reveals that top executives and hosts privately doubted the legitimacy of those claims. Reporter Jeremy Barr joins us to explain. 



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0:00.0

When you saw the content of these filings, how did you feel?

0:05.7

What was your reaction?

0:07.1

I wish that my brain could process like 400 pages simultaneously, but it was a treasure

0:12.6

trove of material.

0:15.2

That's Jeremy Barr, a media reporter at the post.

0:18.4

And the treasure trove he's talking about are these shocking private communications from

0:22.8

Fox News, including text messages and emails from executives.

0:27.8

And together, these documents, they've given Jeremy a rare view into Fox at a fraught

0:33.0

moment.

0:34.7

You see, these documents are being unearthed and a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against

0:40.7

Fox, filed by Voting Technology Company Dominion Voting Systems.

0:46.1

This all dates back to the 2020 election.

0:49.1

When Fox aired false election fraud claims, including that Dominion's machines may have

0:53.8

thrown the election to Biden.

0:55.8

It is the most ludicrous, irresponsible, and rancid system imaginable in the world's

1:03.6

only superpower.

1:06.0

Maybe that was always the plan to do this very, very questionable form of voting.

1:12.5

Dominion says Fox aired the claims to boost ratings.

1:15.9

Fox says it was just broadcasting news where the allegations.

1:19.3

I think this is one of the most revealing court cases in the history of cable news, maybe

1:24.7

in the history of media.

1:25.7

I think this will be this case will be looked at for a long time because of what it says

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