Hi everyone from New York magazine in the Vox Media Podcast Network. This is Rupert Murdock and I'm single and ready to mingle. Just kidding. That's a terrible thought. This is on with Cara Swisher and I'm Cara Swisher and I'm name Maraza. His engagement is off to Anne Leslie Smith. She would have been what the fifth wife?

That's right. King Henry V8. Except none are beheaded. Not literally, but figuratively. We do not have any Murdock's here today, but we do have Brian Cox of HBO succession fame on the show today as well as the showrunner.

Desi Armstrong and director Mark Milod. We're going to play a special episode of the companion podcast, but before we get there, let's talk quickly about the real world of the Murdock's news court. A world you know well.

Very well. Although just to be clear, the succession people say it's not based on Rupert Murdock, but it's kind of based on Rupert Murdock. It is based on a lot of people just to be clear. There's some redstone in there and all kinds of other moguls, but it does feel very Murdocky allegedly.

After riveting excerpts of depositions ran in these motions for summary judgments in the Dominion defamation lawsuit, the 1.6 billion suit is actually going to trial as Jeremy Peters and New York Times journalist predicted when he came on our show proceedings are slated to start next week on April 17th.

But just days ago, a judge said that Rupert Murdock and his son, Locla, and can be compelled to testify that there's no out and folks like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, etc.

I can too. The Murdock, I think we're hoping because they gave filmed that position. They wouldn't have to come back. Is this going to be a game changer?

I think a lot of people now think they're probably going to lose. And it's going to occupy their time. And you know, Murdock had hoped to get out of it by pretending he was aged.

But of course, you just got engaged again and then unengaged. And he's obviously fine to testify in Locla Murdock as no excuse.

And so it'll be interesting because the judge seemed very not very open to their arguments about what they were doing about opinion versus fact and everything else.

It's not a great place for them to be in. And it just is one in a long line of lawsuits that are coming for this company.

Yeah, the judge seemed to think there was enough evidence to conclude that the statements about dominion are incorrect, which we knew.

And the question now will go to the jury of whether or not Fox knew or didn't want to know.

We're reckless and not wanting to know who didn't have malice malicious intent.

I think that the intent is as in most cases, including with this Trump one, it's intent.

And the emails are pretty egregious that sort of shows a propaganda machine in action, not a new organization.

And so that's going to be, it'll be interesting to see what kind of jury they could see because everyone has an opinion.

But I think most people sort of know when people are like cooking the books kind of thing.

I think the question is, are people going to be paying attention? Because look at January 6th in those hearings, right?

And some people would say they're extremely important. Others would say that was political theater. Others would say what January 6th hearings?

I think they know they may not be paying 100% attention.

They might think it's theatrical and not, you know, we'll see if the Fox audience cares.

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