Fox News v Dominion: defamation case over election lies goes to trial – live
is in Wilmington, Delaware, where the trial is opening today, and breaks it all down here. Have a read:
, opening a six-week tribunal that represents one of the most muscular efforts to hold the powerful news network accountable for its role in spreading lies about the 2020 election.and its parent company Fox Corporation for knowingly spreading false claims about its equipment after the 2020 election. Fox repeatedly broadcast outlandishly false allegations that the company had paid government bribes, switched votes and was founded in Venezuela to rig elections for Hugo Chávez.
by a day without giving a reason. It was reported that both sides were engaged in negotiations over a settlement to avoid a trial.The trial is likely to be a media frenzy. Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, the top Fox executives, are expected to be called as witnesses. Fox News anchors Tucker Carlson,At the heart of Dominion’s case is a trove of internal messages from Fox hosts and executives in which they openly say they knew the outlandish claims about Dominion were false.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Fox News to defend its on-air lies as blockbuster Dominion trial to kick offVoting equipment company is suing the network for $1.6bn in trial seen as strongest chance to hold Fox News and Rupert Murdoch accountable
Read more »
Judge delays Dominion and Fox News trial amid reports of settlement talksRupert Murdoch’s channel sued for knowingly or recklessly broadcasting outlandish lies about voting equipment after Trump lost election
Read more »
‘It avoids a public grilling’: why Murdoch could settle Dominion’s Fox News lawsuitDefamation trial threatens billionaire’s reputation – as well as ambition to reunite TV and newspaper empires
Read more »
Afternoon Update: Fox News reportedly pushes to settle Dominion case; deadly violence in West Papua; and Victoria’s big infrastructure pauseOn average, Australians take antidepressants for about four years, despite guidelines saying that patients should generally stop the medicine after about nine months to one year.
Read more »
Letters: A tipping point for AustraliaLiddell closure is a milestone; Voice referendum; super fund investment options; rigged tender bid; Dominion v Fox; Alan Joyce’s decision-making at Qantas.
Read more »
Tension, distrust between ACT police and prosecution in Lehrmann trialThe rape investigation into former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann was underpinned from the beginning by tension between ACT Police and Director of Public Prosecutions, a high-powered inquiry has heard.
Read more »