Donald Trump reportedly did not expect to win the presidency in 2016, which isn’t surprising considering how ill-prepared he and his team were to take control of the country. He appointed established conservatives to key positions before learning some had personal principles that extended beyond indulging the president’s ego. Trump wreaked havoc on the United States for four years, but the damage might have been even greater if he wasn’t battling career public servants who tried to check his impulses, or if he wasn’t such a political neophyte.
- 4/30/2024
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
The Conservative Political Action Conference has become much more of a Maga event in recent years, with Donald Trump himself scheduled on Saturday to address the event of conservative activists, media figures and supporters.
But the event has been covered on the right and the left, save for perhaps this year.
Matt Schlapp, the chair of the conference, said that he was not going to credential those in the left.
“Cpac has a new rule. If you are a propagandist, you can buy a ticket like everyone else, but you are not in the media, and we are not going to credential you by saying you are in the media,” Schlapp said on Steve Bannon’s podcast.
He singled out MSNBC, saying it was “100% anti Trump, anti-America, anti-conservative, every moment of every day. They never have any kind of honest treatment of anything.”
“Let’s get real. Let’s not credential them anymore,...
But the event has been covered on the right and the left, save for perhaps this year.
Matt Schlapp, the chair of the conference, said that he was not going to credential those in the left.
“Cpac has a new rule. If you are a propagandist, you can buy a ticket like everyone else, but you are not in the media, and we are not going to credential you by saying you are in the media,” Schlapp said on Steve Bannon’s podcast.
He singled out MSNBC, saying it was “100% anti Trump, anti-America, anti-conservative, every moment of every day. They never have any kind of honest treatment of anything.”
“Let’s get real. Let’s not credential them anymore,...
- 2/21/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Controversial MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell claimed that Fox News has “canceled” his company after discovering that the network had stopped airing the company’s TV advertisements.
On January 12, Lindell announced that Fox News had stopped running his ubiquitous MyPillow ads on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon‘s podcast, War Room.
“As you know, Steve, ever since I’ve been speaking out about our election platforms January of ’21, they’ve been attacking my company, MyPillow, with cancel culture, the box stores, the shopping channels and now Fox News,” Lindell shared.
“Fox News has canceled MyPillow, and I don’t have the reasons why yet,” Lindell declared. “I can only say, ‘Well the caucuses are coming on Monday. They know my brand is with great President Donald Trump.'”
“Maybe it’s because I brought Lou Dobbs over to my Lindell-tv network this week,” the CEO suggested. “But everything is just very alarming and suspicious.
On January 12, Lindell announced that Fox News had stopped running his ubiquitous MyPillow ads on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon‘s podcast, War Room.
“As you know, Steve, ever since I’ve been speaking out about our election platforms January of ’21, they’ve been attacking my company, MyPillow, with cancel culture, the box stores, the shopping channels and now Fox News,” Lindell shared.
“Fox News has canceled MyPillow, and I don’t have the reasons why yet,” Lindell declared. “I can only say, ‘Well the caucuses are coming on Monday. They know my brand is with great President Donald Trump.'”
“Maybe it’s because I brought Lou Dobbs over to my Lindell-tv network this week,” the CEO suggested. “But everything is just very alarming and suspicious.
- 1/15/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
MyPillow ads have disappeared from Fox News, as Mike Lindell complains that he’s being silenced but the network says it’s because his company has not paid its bills.
“As soon as their account is paid, we would be happy to accept their advertising,” a Fox News spokesperson said on Friday.
Lindell talked about the situation on Steve Bannon’s podcast and in his own video message on his site, FrankSpeech.com. Lindell said that Fox News “has cancelled MyPillow. We don’t know why. We can only make a couple of guesses. Maybe it was because Lou Dobbs was added here over at Lindell.com.”
Dobbs is the former Fox Business Network host who was pulled from the lineup in 2021. Dobbs had amplified claims that the 2020 election was rigged, and was named as a defendant in election systems company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network. “I believe...
“As soon as their account is paid, we would be happy to accept their advertising,” a Fox News spokesperson said on Friday.
Lindell talked about the situation on Steve Bannon’s podcast and in his own video message on his site, FrankSpeech.com. Lindell said that Fox News “has cancelled MyPillow. We don’t know why. We can only make a couple of guesses. Maybe it was because Lou Dobbs was added here over at Lindell.com.”
Dobbs is the former Fox Business Network host who was pulled from the lineup in 2021. Dobbs had amplified claims that the 2020 election was rigged, and was named as a defendant in election systems company Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against the network. “I believe...
- 1/12/2024
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News appears to have cut ties with the conservative bedding brand My Pillow, once one of the network’s largest and most prominent advertisers.
My Pillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell announced that the right-wing news network revoked their advertising deals with the brand on Thursday during a broadcast of the Steve Bannon “War Room” show. According to data from the progressive watchdog Media Matters My Pillow appears to have been a leading advertiser across Fox News in 2023. The group added that “MyPillow’s most recent ad appears to...
My Pillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell announced that the right-wing news network revoked their advertising deals with the brand on Thursday during a broadcast of the Steve Bannon “War Room” show. According to data from the progressive watchdog Media Matters My Pillow appears to have been a leading advertiser across Fox News in 2023. The group added that “MyPillow’s most recent ad appears to...
- 1/12/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Former President Donald Trump said that he hoped a financial crash would occur this year, as he believed it would give him a chance to win a second term as president.
“When there’s a crash, I hope it’s going to be during this next 12 months because I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president – I just don’t want to be Herbert Hoover,” Trump told conservative commentator Lou Dobbs in an interview on the right-wing platform Lindell TV.
Hoover was president during the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression.
President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign slammed Trump for harming the middle class for his political benefit.
“Donald Trump should just say he doesn’t give a d— about people, because that’s exactly what he’s telling the American people when he says he hopes the economy crashes,” Biden campaign...
“When there’s a crash, I hope it’s going to be during this next 12 months because I don’t want to be Herbert Hoover. The one president – I just don’t want to be Herbert Hoover,” Trump told conservative commentator Lou Dobbs in an interview on the right-wing platform Lindell TV.
Hoover was president during the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression.
President Joe Biden‘s reelection campaign slammed Trump for harming the middle class for his political benefit.
“Donald Trump should just say he doesn’t give a d— about people, because that’s exactly what he’s telling the American people when he says he hopes the economy crashes,” Biden campaign...
- 1/11/2024
- by Alessio Atria
- Uinterview
Donald Trump continues to remind us that he only cares about Trump. In an interview aired Monday, the former president expressed his hope that the economy crashes in the next year so he wouldn’t have to be “Herbert Hoover.”
When speaking to Maga loyalist Lou Dobbs in an interview aired Monday, Trump proceeded to take credit for the U.S. economy’s growth under President Joe Biden‘s administration.
“We have an economy that’s so fragile, and the only reason it’s running now is it’s running...
When speaking to Maga loyalist Lou Dobbs in an interview aired Monday, Trump proceeded to take credit for the U.S. economy’s growth under President Joe Biden‘s administration.
“We have an economy that’s so fragile, and the only reason it’s running now is it’s running...
- 1/9/2024
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Rupert Murdoch is being deposed Tuesday and Wednesday as part of Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox.
Murdoch, who recently stepped down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., is not named in the lawsuit. But Smartmatic sued Fox News and Fox Corp., arguing that both the network and the parent company are liable for amplifying false claims that the company was involved in 2020 election vote rigging schemes.
A source confirmed a Reuters report that Murdoch was being deposed.
A spokesman for Fox Corp. declined to comment.
Fox Corp. settled another defamation case involving another election systems company, Dominion Voting Systems, in April, just as a trial was about to begin in Wilmington, De. The $787.5 million settlement was reached just before the elder Murdoch was expected to be called as a witness. He had already been deposed in the Dominion case and he admitted that some Fox hosts...
Murdoch, who recently stepped down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., is not named in the lawsuit. But Smartmatic sued Fox News and Fox Corp., arguing that both the network and the parent company are liable for amplifying false claims that the company was involved in 2020 election vote rigging schemes.
A source confirmed a Reuters report that Murdoch was being deposed.
A spokesman for Fox Corp. declined to comment.
Fox Corp. settled another defamation case involving another election systems company, Dominion Voting Systems, in April, just as a trial was about to begin in Wilmington, De. The $787.5 million settlement was reached just before the elder Murdoch was expected to be called as a witness. He had already been deposed in the Dominion case and he admitted that some Fox hosts...
- 11/28/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sidney Powell, who along with Rudy Giuliani made wild and unfounded claims of fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, has pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor charges she was facing in the Georgia election interference case.
As part of the plea deal, Powell agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants, which include former President Donald Trump, according to the AP.
Powell is among the 19 defendants who were charged in August in an alleged racketeering scheme to overturn the state’s election results. Powell was a legal adviser to Trump.
In the weeks after the 2020 vote, Powell and Giuliani appeared multiple times on Fox News and other outlets to make claims that the election was stolen. They also presided over an infamous press conference in November, and in a guest spot with then-Fox News host Lou Dobbs, Powell used the term “release the Kraken,” or that she would produce evidence of widespread voter fraud.
As part of the plea deal, Powell agreed to testify truthfully against her co-defendants, which include former President Donald Trump, according to the AP.
Powell is among the 19 defendants who were charged in August in an alleged racketeering scheme to overturn the state’s election results. Powell was a legal adviser to Trump.
In the weeks after the 2020 vote, Powell and Giuliani appeared multiple times on Fox News and other outlets to make claims that the election was stolen. They also presided over an infamous press conference in November, and in a guest spot with then-Fox News host Lou Dobbs, Powell used the term “release the Kraken,” or that she would produce evidence of widespread voter fraud.
- 10/19/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Corp.’s board of directors has been sued in a lawsuit accusing the company’s directors of adopting an illegal business model centered on chasing profits by intentionally broadcasting falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election.
On Tuesday in the Delaware Court of Chancery, New York City’s pension funds filed a lawsuit arguing that Fox’s board members and other executives “consciously disregarded” the risk of exposing itself to defamation claims “with potentially huge financial liability and potentially larger business repercussions.”
The shareholder action is at least the third since Fox settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems in April for $787.5 million minutes before the trial was set to start. Defendants named in the lawsuit, which will stay under seal until at least Friday to allow for redactions, include media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch, former chief legal officer Viet Dinh and Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott,...
On Tuesday in the Delaware Court of Chancery, New York City’s pension funds filed a lawsuit arguing that Fox’s board members and other executives “consciously disregarded” the risk of exposing itself to defamation claims “with potentially huge financial liability and potentially larger business repercussions.”
The shareholder action is at least the third since Fox settled a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems in April for $787.5 million minutes before the trial was set to start. Defendants named in the lawsuit, which will stay under seal until at least Friday to allow for redactions, include media mogul Rupert Murdoch, Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch, former chief legal officer Viet Dinh and Fox News chief executive Suzanne Scott,...
- 9/13/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Bohrman, the veteran news producer and executive who worked for ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, Current TV, and most notably CNN, has died. He was 69.
Bohrman died Sunday after complications with hip surgery, his family told CNN.
Famed as a news innovator, Bohrman created dozens of programs over a career that spanned six decades and was widely credited with introducing cutting-edge technology into news broadcasts including interactive video walls, 3D holograms and real-time visualizations. Among the many news programs he created for CNN included State of the Union, Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, MoneyLine News Hour with Lou Dobbs and NewsNight with Aaron Brown.
Born in 1954 in Los Angeles, Bohrman was the son of Delle, a television writer and Stan, a TV news anchor on CBS Kpix in San Francisco. Stan Bohrman made his mark in television news through Kpix’s use of “Instant Eye” feature, the at-the-time...
Bohrman died Sunday after complications with hip surgery, his family told CNN.
Famed as a news innovator, Bohrman created dozens of programs over a career that spanned six decades and was widely credited with introducing cutting-edge technology into news broadcasts including interactive video walls, 3D holograms and real-time visualizations. Among the many news programs he created for CNN included State of the Union, Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, MoneyLine News Hour with Lou Dobbs and NewsNight with Aaron Brown.
Born in 1954 in Los Angeles, Bohrman was the son of Delle, a television writer and Stan, a TV news anchor on CBS Kpix in San Francisco. Stan Bohrman made his mark in television news through Kpix’s use of “Instant Eye” feature, the at-the-time...
- 6/26/2023
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The battle between Tucker Carlson and Fox News is heating up.
The cable news network, which announced on April 24 that it had “agreed to part ways” with its star anchor, sent Carlson a cease-and-desist letter on June 7 over his newly launched Twitter show, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Fox News did not respond to a request for comment.
The letter arrived hours after Carlson’s first show posted on the social media platform on June 6. The episode, clocked at 10 minutes and 27 seconds, was taped in Carlson’s home studio in Maine and took swipes at everyone from Senator Lindsey Graham to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the mainstream media. It has notched 114.8 million views so far. A second episode, which posted on June 7 and runs slightly longer at 12 minutes and 38 seconds, boasts 54.9 million views to date, according to Twitter’s own measures.
Fox is believed to be...
The cable news network, which announced on April 24 that it had “agreed to part ways” with its star anchor, sent Carlson a cease-and-desist letter on June 7 over his newly launched Twitter show, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Fox News did not respond to a request for comment.
The letter arrived hours after Carlson’s first show posted on the social media platform on June 6. The episode, clocked at 10 minutes and 27 seconds, was taped in Carlson’s home studio in Maine and took swipes at everyone from Senator Lindsey Graham to Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the mainstream media. It has notched 114.8 million views so far. A second episode, which posted on June 7 and runs slightly longer at 12 minutes and 38 seconds, boasts 54.9 million views to date, according to Twitter’s own measures.
Fox is believed to be...
- 6/12/2023
- by Tatiana Siegel and Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Newsmax Accuses Murdochs of Designing a ‘New-World-Order Globalist Kill List’ Against Tucker Carlson
Newsmax has been working overtime to capitalize on cable viewers outraged over competitor Fox’s firing of headline host Tucker Carlson. In their eagerness to tear down the conservative media giant, their claims about the network have now boiled over into the outright conspiratorial.
On Monday night host Eric Bolling, himself a former Fox personality, accused the network’s owners of being members of a globalist cabal working to silence conservatives.
“The new world order globalists, also known as the Murdochs, [are] trying to destroy Tucker Carlson but do not be mistaken,...
On Monday night host Eric Bolling, himself a former Fox personality, accused the network’s owners of being members of a globalist cabal working to silence conservatives.
“The new world order globalists, also known as the Murdochs, [are] trying to destroy Tucker Carlson but do not be mistaken,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Tucker Carlson and Fox News are parting ways, effective immediately, the network announced Monday.
“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” read a statement from Fox News Media, obtained by TheWrap. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
The released confirmed that Carlson’s last program aired on Friday. “Fox News Tonight” will air live at 8 p.m. Et beginning Monday “as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.”
The news of Carlson’s departure came in aftershocks of Fox News’ parent company settling with Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million.
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“Tucker Carlson Tonight” remained for its run one of the network’s top-rated programs.
“Fox News Media and Tucker Carlson have agreed to part ways,” read a statement from Fox News Media, obtained by TheWrap. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor.”
The released confirmed that Carlson’s last program aired on Friday. “Fox News Tonight” will air live at 8 p.m. Et beginning Monday “as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named.”
The news of Carlson’s departure came in aftershocks of Fox News’ parent company settling with Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million.
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Fox News Host Known for ‘Bombshell’ Lawsuit Says Dominion Settlement ‘Won’t Change the Way Fox Does News’ (Video)
“Tucker Carlson Tonight” remained for its run one of the network’s top-rated programs.
- 4/24/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
Tucker Carlson and Fox News have agreed to part ways, the network said Monday. The news came less than an hour before CNN announced that it has split with longtime host Don Lemon.
“Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 Pm/Et starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named,” the network announced.
Carlson’s exit comes less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the election software company’s defamation claim. Carlson was to be among the witnesses to testify if the case had come to trial.
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment on what triggered Carlson’s exit. A host for tonight’s Fox News Tonight has not yet been named.
Harris Faulkner announced the move on Fox News Channel,...
“Mr. Carlson’s last program was Friday April 21st. Fox News Tonight will air live at 8 Pm/Et starting this evening as an interim show helmed by rotating Fox News personalities until a new host is named,” the network announced.
Carlson’s exit comes less than a week after Fox News agreed to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle the election software company’s defamation claim. Carlson was to be among the witnesses to testify if the case had come to trial.
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment on what triggered Carlson’s exit. A host for tonight’s Fox News Tonight has not yet been named.
Harris Faulkner announced the move on Fox News Channel,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Corp. may have settled the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, but it still faces sprawling litigation related to its claims of election fraud.
Even after paying $787.5 million to end the case, Fox has to deal with a second defamation suit brought by another election technology company, Smartmatic, which seeks $2.7 billion.
Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell are all named as defendants in the suit filed in February 2021 in New York State Supreme Court. Smartmatic argues that it only provided election technology and software in Los Angeles County but that the network and its commentators portrayed it as a “Venezuelan company under the control of corrupt dictators from socialist countries,” says the complaint. In their story, Smartmatic’s tech was used to switch and alter votes in many of the states with close outcomes in the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost. The company...
Even after paying $787.5 million to end the case, Fox has to deal with a second defamation suit brought by another election technology company, Smartmatic, which seeks $2.7 billion.
Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, Rudy Guiliani and Sidney Powell are all named as defendants in the suit filed in February 2021 in New York State Supreme Court. Smartmatic argues that it only provided election technology and software in Los Angeles County but that the network and its commentators portrayed it as a “Venezuelan company under the control of corrupt dictators from socialist countries,” says the complaint. In their story, Smartmatic’s tech was used to switch and alter votes in many of the states with close outcomes in the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost. The company...
- 4/20/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox Corp. has put increasing amounts of money behind news and sports in recent years. But that doesn’t mean the company is completely free of drama.
A landmark $787.5 million settlement made Tuesday between Fox and the voting-technology company Dominion Voting Systems does not end what is likely to be a period of tumult for the owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcasting network. The payment to Dominion to keep an explosive investigation into how Fox News disseminated conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election out of the public sphere does nothing to alleviate another wave of scrutiny likely to come from another, similar lawsuit.
Smartmatic, another ballot technology concern, filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News in February of 2021, alleging that the outlet knowingly made dozens of inaccurate and defamatory statements about the company. In February of this year, New York Supreme Court gave the case — which also names Maria Bartiromo,...
A landmark $787.5 million settlement made Tuesday between Fox and the voting-technology company Dominion Voting Systems does not end what is likely to be a period of tumult for the owner of Fox News Channel and the Fox broadcasting network. The payment to Dominion to keep an explosive investigation into how Fox News disseminated conspiracy theories related to the 2020 presidential election out of the public sphere does nothing to alleviate another wave of scrutiny likely to come from another, similar lawsuit.
Smartmatic, another ballot technology concern, filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News in February of 2021, alleging that the outlet knowingly made dozens of inaccurate and defamatory statements about the company. In February of this year, New York Supreme Court gave the case — which also names Maria Bartiromo,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The media defamation case of the century has settled before the opening arguments.
Fox Corp. has settled the high-profile defamation case brought against it by Dominion Voting Systems, effectively putting an end to the suit.
Judge Eric Davis announced the resolution in court Tuesday, after the start of the trial was delayed by two hours. “The parties have resolved their case,” Davis said.
Terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed, though Dominion had been seeking $1.6 billion from Fox in its suit. In a press conference after court was adjourned, Dominion’s lawyer said the settlement was for $787 million and that it represented “accountability.” A source familiar with the terms said they did not dictate an on-air apology.
“We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems,” a Fox spokesperson said Tuesday. “We acknowledge the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.
Fox Corp. has settled the high-profile defamation case brought against it by Dominion Voting Systems, effectively putting an end to the suit.
Judge Eric Davis announced the resolution in court Tuesday, after the start of the trial was delayed by two hours. “The parties have resolved their case,” Davis said.
Terms of the settlement were not immediately disclosed, though Dominion had been seeking $1.6 billion from Fox in its suit. In a press conference after court was adjourned, Dominion’s lawyer said the settlement was for $787 million and that it represented “accountability.” A source familiar with the terms said they did not dictate an on-air apology.
“We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems,” a Fox spokesperson said Tuesday. “We acknowledge the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.
- 4/18/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a one-day delay and amidst whispers of settlement talks, Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox News is set to begin Tuesday in Wilmington, De.
So, with final jury selection having just started and then opening statements looming before Judge Eric M. Davis, what are the main issues in Dominion vs. Fox? What are the stakes? Who are the players? Could Fox win?
We have some answers.
Leaving aside the chatter about the fate of the crown jewel of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, the mogul’s own legacy and the future of news coverage in an age of disinformation, the trial could ultimately come down to the First Amendment for defendant Fox News and who knew what and when for Dominion. That said, after all the motions and depositions, there is every reason to expect this trial will be chock-full of moments of drama, with the 92-year-old...
So, with final jury selection having just started and then opening statements looming before Judge Eric M. Davis, what are the main issues in Dominion vs. Fox? What are the stakes? Who are the players? Could Fox win?
We have some answers.
Leaving aside the chatter about the fate of the crown jewel of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, the mogul’s own legacy and the future of news coverage in an age of disinformation, the trial could ultimately come down to the First Amendment for defendant Fox News and who knew what and when for Dominion. That said, after all the motions and depositions, there is every reason to expect this trial will be chock-full of moments of drama, with the 92-year-old...
- 4/18/2023
- by Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 6:25 Am: Speculation was still rampant that settlement talks are ongoing in Dominion’s big bucks’ lawsuit against Fox News over false 2020 election claims, but a Delaware judge this morning had nothing new to say publicly about the now postponed high-profile trial that was to start Monday.
Short and perhaps not too sweet, today’s highly anticipated hearing began with Judge Eric M Davis reiterating his statement from last night that the start of the $1.6 billion trial would be pushed back a day until April 18. “I have made the decision to delay the start of the trial until tomorrow,” the Delaware judge told a packed Wilmington courtroom and media overflow room, after a brief morning sidebar with attorneys.
With drama right out of HBO’s Succession and the never-ending real-life saga of Rupert Murdoch, expectations had reached almost fever pitch that some sort of 11th hour agreement to keep...
Short and perhaps not too sweet, today’s highly anticipated hearing began with Judge Eric M Davis reiterating his statement from last night that the start of the $1.6 billion trial would be pushed back a day until April 18. “I have made the decision to delay the start of the trial until tomorrow,” the Delaware judge told a packed Wilmington courtroom and media overflow room, after a brief morning sidebar with attorneys.
With drama right out of HBO’s Succession and the never-ending real-life saga of Rupert Murdoch, expectations had reached almost fever pitch that some sort of 11th hour agreement to keep...
- 4/17/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox News and parent company Fox Corp. have settled a defamation suit brought by a Venezuelan businessman who alleged that a segment falsely vilified him of being involved in a scheme to rig the 2020 presidential election.
“This matter has been resolved amicably by both sides. We have no further comment,” a Fox News spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter when asked for comment.
“The parties are pleased to jointly inform the Court that they have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter,” attorneys wrote to the judge in the case Saturday. “The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.”
As it happens, Fox News has been in the headlines in recent months over a pair of defamation cases tied to the weeks after the 2020 election. One is from an voting systems company called Smartmatic, but it is the case from Dominion that has garnered most of the press,...
“This matter has been resolved amicably by both sides. We have no further comment,” a Fox News spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter when asked for comment.
“The parties are pleased to jointly inform the Court that they have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter,” attorneys wrote to the judge in the case Saturday. “The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.”
As it happens, Fox News has been in the headlines in recent months over a pair of defamation cases tied to the weeks after the 2020 election. One is from an voting systems company called Smartmatic, but it is the case from Dominion that has garnered most of the press,...
- 4/9/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox News has reached a settlement with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, who filed a defamation lawsuit over a Lou Dobbs tweet and broadcast linking him to rigging the 2020 presidential election.
The lawsuit has been a bit of a sidelight to separate and more widely publicized defamation cases brought against the network by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, after hosts and guests amplified claims that the companies were involved in voter fraud. Jury selection in the Dominion case is scheduled to start this week.
“The parties are pleased to jointly inform the court that they have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter,” attorneys for Khalil and the network wrote in a filing to U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton. “The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.”
Dobbs and Fox Corp. also were named as defendant’s in Khalil’s lawsuit.
In his defamation claim,...
The lawsuit has been a bit of a sidelight to separate and more widely publicized defamation cases brought against the network by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, after hosts and guests amplified claims that the companies were involved in voter fraud. Jury selection in the Dominion case is scheduled to start this week.
“The parties are pleased to jointly inform the court that they have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter,” attorneys for Khalil and the network wrote in a filing to U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton. “The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.”
Dobbs and Fox Corp. also were named as defendant’s in Khalil’s lawsuit.
In his defamation claim,...
- 4/9/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
As Fox Corp. prepares to fight a looming and potentially high-profile defamation case, it has agreed to settle another.
The company, which owns Fox News, has reached a confidential agreement to resolve a defamation case levied against it by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil that alleged Fox News and former host Lou Dobbs had harmed Khalil’s reputation by stating he and three others developed programs and machines to rig the 2020 presidential election.
“This matter has been resolved amicably by both sides. We have no further comment,” Fox News said in a statement after being contacted by Variety. A letter filed Saturday to Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York informed authorities that the parties in the case “have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter. The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.
The company, which owns Fox News, has reached a confidential agreement to resolve a defamation case levied against it by Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil that alleged Fox News and former host Lou Dobbs had harmed Khalil’s reputation by stating he and three others developed programs and machines to rig the 2020 presidential election.
“This matter has been resolved amicably by both sides. We have no further comment,” Fox News said in a statement after being contacted by Variety. A letter filed Saturday to Judge Louis L. Stanton of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York informed authorities that the parties in the case “have reached a confidential agreement to resolve this matter. The parties anticipate filing a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice early next week.
- 4/9/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch could be called upon to testify in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit suit against Fox News and Fox Corp., per a Delaware judge who says he is not against calling on the media moguls.
If the attorneys for Dominion issue trial subpoenas to force testimony from the Fox leaders, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said at a public hearing Wednesday he “would not quash it and I would compel them to come,” per NBC News. “It would be my discretion that they come,” Davis said.
Dominion’s attorneys requested in a letter to the court Wednesday that live testimony be required from Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as Fox board member and former House Speaker Paul Ryan and Fox exec Viet Dinh. Davis approved the request to compel each of them to testify, according to NBC News.
In a statement, Fox Corp. criticized the judge’s decision,...
If the attorneys for Dominion issue trial subpoenas to force testimony from the Fox leaders, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis said at a public hearing Wednesday he “would not quash it and I would compel them to come,” per NBC News. “It would be my discretion that they come,” Davis said.
Dominion’s attorneys requested in a letter to the court Wednesday that live testimony be required from Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, as well as Fox board member and former House Speaker Paul Ryan and Fox exec Viet Dinh. Davis approved the request to compel each of them to testify, according to NBC News.
In a statement, Fox Corp. criticized the judge’s decision,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
If you’ve watched Tucker Carlson on Fox News at any point between 2018 and now, odds are pretty good that you’ve heard him say the words, “Shut up, racist!” Usually, they come as a form of mockery of Democrats. But John Oliver has an idea of what those outbursts really are.
Most often, Carlson uses these words when he claims that they are the response Democrats give to most any conversation a Republican tries to have with them. According to Carlson, when a conservative simply tries to have an actual discussion — though particularly about topics like immigration or twice-impeached former president Donald Trump — about their views, they’re immediately shut down by Dems saying, “Shut up, racist!”
But, like we said, Oliver had a different thought on what’s happening when Carlson breaks that phrase out.
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Most often, Carlson uses these words when he claims that they are the response Democrats give to most any conversation a Republican tries to have with them. According to Carlson, when a conservative simply tries to have an actual discussion — though particularly about topics like immigration or twice-impeached former president Donald Trump — about their views, they’re immediately shut down by Dems saying, “Shut up, racist!”
But, like we said, Oliver had a different thought on what’s happening when Carlson breaks that phrase out.
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- 4/3/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
Dominion Voting Systems’ whopping $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox Corporation and Fox News is cleared to go to trial, despite the media company’s efforts.
Barring a settlement or other unforeseen circumstances, the voting technology company will get to have its attorneys grill Fox News anchors and Fox Corp. executives, Judge Eric M. Davis of Superior Court in State of Delaware ruled in a filing on Friday.
“The Court will allow this civil action to go to trial,” Davis said Friday.
At issue in the case are damages Dominion alleges it is owed after Fox News aired false claims about its actions and influence on the 2020 election. It is the second legal proceeding made against Fox News for its coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 race for the White House. Smartmatic, a separate voting technology company, has filed a massive $2.7 billion suit against Fox News. Both suits allege that Fox...
Barring a settlement or other unforeseen circumstances, the voting technology company will get to have its attorneys grill Fox News anchors and Fox Corp. executives, Judge Eric M. Davis of Superior Court in State of Delaware ruled in a filing on Friday.
“The Court will allow this civil action to go to trial,” Davis said Friday.
At issue in the case are damages Dominion alleges it is owed after Fox News aired false claims about its actions and influence on the 2020 election. It is the second legal proceeding made against Fox News for its coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 race for the White House. Smartmatic, a separate voting technology company, has filed a massive $2.7 billion suit against Fox News. Both suits allege that Fox...
- 3/31/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham have made Fox News’ witness list for its defamation trial against Dominion Voting Systems.
On Tuesday, a legal filing submitted by the network revealed a slew of people it submitted as potential witnesses in the $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network. Among them were several Fox News personalities, including Bret Baier, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro and Lou Dobbs.
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Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox News president Jay Wallace also made the list. The company also named its now-fired employee Abby Grossberg, who the company dropped after the senior producer claimed in court documents that she was forced to provide misleading testimony in the Dominion case.
In addition, the list also named Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan. The witness list is part of the ongoing battle, which came after Dominion...
On Tuesday, a legal filing submitted by the network revealed a slew of people it submitted as potential witnesses in the $1.6 billion lawsuit against the network. Among them were several Fox News personalities, including Bret Baier, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro and Lou Dobbs.
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Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Fox News president Jay Wallace also made the list. The company also named its now-fired employee Abby Grossberg, who the company dropped after the senior producer claimed in court documents that she was forced to provide misleading testimony in the Dominion case.
In addition, the list also named Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan. The witness list is part of the ongoing battle, which came after Dominion...
- 3/29/2023
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
Fox News is about to have one of its biggest events in years, and everyone from CEO Suzanne Scott to prominent anchors like Tucker Carlson and Maria Bartiromo to primetime chief Meade Cooper is likely to attend some part of it. If Fox’s parent company has its way, however, Rupert Murdoch, the guiding force behind much of Fox Corporation, will not.
Starting as soon as April 17, Fox Corp. could square off in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and face allegations of defamation from Dominion Voting Systems in a whopping $1.6 billion-dollar suit that is sure to generate headlines. Before any of that can start, however, the two sides appear to locked in a battle over whether the Fox Corp. executive chairman, and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, should be present in court to give testimony.
“Although Dominion seeks to compel Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Viet Dinh, and Paul Ryan,...
Starting as soon as April 17, Fox Corp. could square off in the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and face allegations of defamation from Dominion Voting Systems in a whopping $1.6 billion-dollar suit that is sure to generate headlines. Before any of that can start, however, the two sides appear to locked in a battle over whether the Fox Corp. executive chairman, and his son, CEO Lachlan Murdoch, should be present in court to give testimony.
“Although Dominion seeks to compel Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Viet Dinh, and Paul Ryan,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Update, 12:39 Pm Et: The judge presiding over Dominion’s defamation case against Fox pushed back on the network’s attorneys for their argument that Rupert Murdoch would be unable to testify live in the upcoming trial.
In a hearing on Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis cited a letter he received from the Fox legal team arguing that “under Covid, he couldn’t travel, that he doesn’t have knowledge, that it can be difficult for him to come down.”
“Mr. Murdoch has claimed that he is traveling and that it would be an inconvenience,” Davis said. “But I also have people telling me that he has done some things recently that show he is hardly infirm and unable to travel around.”
Davis referred to reports of Murdoch’s engagement on St. Patrick’s Day, and his talk of traveling “between his various residences between L.A., Montana,...
In a hearing on Tuesday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis cited a letter he received from the Fox legal team arguing that “under Covid, he couldn’t travel, that he doesn’t have knowledge, that it can be difficult for him to come down.”
“Mr. Murdoch has claimed that he is traveling and that it would be an inconvenience,” Davis said. “But I also have people telling me that he has done some things recently that show he is hardly infirm and unable to travel around.”
Davis referred to reports of Murdoch’s engagement on St. Patrick’s Day, and his talk of traveling “between his various residences between L.A., Montana,...
- 3/28/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
2Nd Update, 10:05 Am: A Delaware court judge did not rule in favor of either Fox or Dominion as each side seeks a ruling ahead of the election systems company’s $1.6 billion defamation suit.
During the past two days, attorneys for both sides have asked Judge Eric Davis to rule in their favor on motions for summary judgment, potentially forestalling a trial that is set to begin April 17.
It’s unclear which way Davis will rule on the motions, but he told attorneys Wednesday that he will decide before a scheduled pre-trial hearing on April 11 “so you know how to narrow certain issues.”
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During the past two days, attorneys for both sides have asked Judge Eric Davis to rule in their favor on motions for summary judgment, potentially forestalling a trial that is set to begin April 17.
It’s unclear which way Davis will rule on the motions, but he told attorneys Wednesday that he will decide before a scheduled pre-trial hearing on April 11 “so you know how to narrow certain issues.”
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- 3/22/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A courtroom showdown between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems over the network’s coverage of the 2020 election is putting a spotlight on protections for journalists that typically insulate them against defamation claims, including the neutral report privilege and the actual malice standard. Both sides argue their loss would have a devastating impact. Fox News claims no outlet would be able to cover newsworthy allegations without fear of a lawsuit and Dominion says siding with the network would give broadcasters free rein to knowingly spread lies. Despite their apparent alarm, or maybe because of it, First Amendment experts expect that they’ll settle their fight — and soon.
The legal battle began in March 2021 when Dominion sued Fox News for $1.6 billion. The company claims the cable channel knowingly amplified “radioactive falsehoods” about election fraud made by Donald Trump and his supporters because it was worried about losing its audience to Newsmax and Oan.
The legal battle began in March 2021 when Dominion sued Fox News for $1.6 billion. The company claims the cable channel knowingly amplified “radioactive falsehoods” about election fraud made by Donald Trump and his supporters because it was worried about losing its audience to Newsmax and Oan.
- 3/21/2023
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rupert Murdoch said in a recent deposition that he “would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing” Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election, conspiracy theories that the Fox Corp. executive chairman at once called “bullsh*t and damaging.”
But he admitted that some Fox hosts “endorsed” those election fraud claims.
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“Not Fox, no. Not Fox. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria, as commentators,” Murdoch said in the deposition, referring to Lou Dobbs, a former Fox News host, and Maria Bartiromo, a current one.
But he admitted that some Fox hosts “endorsed” those election fraud claims.
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“Not Fox, no. Not Fox. But maybe Lou Dobbs, maybe Maria, as commentators,” Murdoch said in the deposition, referring to Lou Dobbs, a former Fox News host, and Maria Bartiromo, a current one.
- 2/27/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Rupert Murdoch admitted that Fox News hosts pushed lies about the 2020 election, court documents pertaining to Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network revealed on Monday.
“They endorsed,” Murdoch, who chairs the Fox Corporation, said under oath during a deposition last month, responding to whether hosts like Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and others broadcast support for unfounded claims that President Biden’s win was illegitimate.
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A new Dominion court filing shows that Fox's Rupert Murdoch admitted in his under oath deposition that Fox hosts endorsed...
“They endorsed,” Murdoch, who chairs the Fox Corporation, said under oath during a deposition last month, responding to whether hosts like Sean Hannity, Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, and others broadcast support for unfounded claims that President Biden’s win was illegitimate.
Breaking:
A new Dominion court filing shows that Fox's Rupert Murdoch admitted in his under oath deposition that Fox hosts endorsed...
- 2/27/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch said in a deposition in an already-explosive defamation case against his company’s top business, Fox News, that “some of our commentators were endorsing” a series of claims that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, the latest revelation that suggests Fox executives could have been aware that some of the company’s hosts were pushing baseless assertions.
Dominion is suing Fox for $1.6 billion in damages it alleges it is owed after Fox News made false claims about the Dominion’s actions and influence on the 2020 election. It is the second legal proceeding made against Fox News for its coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 race for the White House. Smartmatic, a voting technology company, has filed a massive $2.7 billion suit against Fox News. At issue in the suits are allegations that Fox News falsely claimed the companies had rigged the election, repeated...
Dominion is suing Fox for $1.6 billion in damages it alleges it is owed after Fox News made false claims about the Dominion’s actions and influence on the 2020 election. It is the second legal proceeding made against Fox News for its coverage of the aftermath of the 2020 race for the White House. Smartmatic, a voting technology company, has filed a massive $2.7 billion suit against Fox News. At issue in the suits are allegations that Fox News falsely claimed the companies had rigged the election, repeated...
- 2/27/2023
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Dominion Voting Systems alleges that emails, depositions and text messages among Fox News executives and its top stars show that the network had a clear financial motive to lie to its audience about voter fraud in the wake of the 2020 election.
In a summary judgement motion filed Thursday, the company argued that Fox anchors feared losing viewers to rival Newsmax if they did not perpetuate the fantasy that the election was stolen from President Trump.
“The network is being rejected,” wrote Sean Hannity, in a text message to Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson. In another text thread, Hannity wrote: “Respecting this audience whether we agree or not is critical.”
Dominion is seeking 1.6 billion in a defamation suit against the network. A trial is set for April in Delaware Superior Court. The voting company alleges that Fox News sought to repair its fractured relationship with its audience at Dominion’s expense,...
In a summary judgement motion filed Thursday, the company argued that Fox anchors feared losing viewers to rival Newsmax if they did not perpetuate the fantasy that the election was stolen from President Trump.
“The network is being rejected,” wrote Sean Hannity, in a text message to Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson. In another text thread, Hannity wrote: “Respecting this audience whether we agree or not is critical.”
Dominion is seeking 1.6 billion in a defamation suit against the network. A trial is set for April in Delaware Superior Court. The voting company alleges that Fox News sought to repair its fractured relationship with its audience at Dominion’s expense,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Fox News executives and hosts including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham did not believe Donald Trump’s election fraud claims in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, but the network nevertheless amplified the conspiracy theories as it worried about losing viewers to Newsmax, according to filings from Dominion Voting Systems made public Thursday.
In its motion for summary judgment in its 1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox, with a redacted version made public Thursday (read it here), Dominion makes heavy use of text messages and emails from the Fox personalities and staff to contend that the network was well aware that claims made by guests such as Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani were bogus.
“Really crazy stuff,” Rupert Murdoch wrote in a November 19 text about Giuliani, according to the filing.
Dominion’s lawsuit is over claims, made on air by Powell, Giuliani and others, and then advanced by Fox News figures like Lou Dobbs,...
In its motion for summary judgment in its 1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox, with a redacted version made public Thursday (read it here), Dominion makes heavy use of text messages and emails from the Fox personalities and staff to contend that the network was well aware that claims made by guests such as Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani were bogus.
“Really crazy stuff,” Rupert Murdoch wrote in a November 19 text about Giuliani, according to the filing.
Dominion’s lawsuit is over claims, made on air by Powell, Giuliani and others, and then advanced by Fox News figures like Lou Dobbs,...
- 2/17/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
A New York appellate court declined to toss out Smartmatic’s defamation lawsuit against Fox News and personalities including Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo.
The appeals court ruling (read it here) stems from Smartmatic’s 2.7 billion lawsuit against the network, contending that its personalities and guests amplified Donald Trump and his team’s unfounded claims that the election systems company rigged the 2020 presidential election.
The ruling was not on whether the network was liable for defamation, but that Smartmatic had adequately presented its claims to proceed to the next stage of litigation.
The network has argued that it is protected by the First Amendment, as it was spotlighting a matter undoubtedly in the public interest, as a U.S. president, Donald Trump, was challenging the results of the election.
The appellate judges wrote that Smartmatic’s claims “allege that defendants Fox News, Dobbs, and Bartiromo did not merely report the...
The appeals court ruling (read it here) stems from Smartmatic’s 2.7 billion lawsuit against the network, contending that its personalities and guests amplified Donald Trump and his team’s unfounded claims that the election systems company rigged the 2020 presidential election.
The ruling was not on whether the network was liable for defamation, but that Smartmatic had adequately presented its claims to proceed to the next stage of litigation.
The network has argued that it is protected by the First Amendment, as it was spotlighting a matter undoubtedly in the public interest, as a U.S. president, Donald Trump, was challenging the results of the election.
The appellate judges wrote that Smartmatic’s claims “allege that defendants Fox News, Dobbs, and Bartiromo did not merely report the...
- 2/14/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump is fueled by grievances. He has demonstrated time and time again that he holds grudges, and that he’ll use whatever power he has — legal, political, or *gulp* executive — to punish the people he feels have wronged him. It’s shaping up to be a bloodbath if he wins his third bid for the White House in 2024.
The former president called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday. He immediately started rambling, first about how the war in Ukraine would have never happened if he was in charge,...
The former president called into Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Thursday. He immediately started rambling, first about how the war in Ukraine would have never happened if he was in charge,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Rupert Murdoch is scheduled to be deposed today and Friday in Dominion Voting Systems’s 1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News over its amplification of claims that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election.
Murdoch is the latest high profile Fox figure to face questioning under oath in the discovery phase of the case, with CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott also having been deposed along with on-air figures including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo.
Murdoch is being questioned in Los Angeles on the Fox lot, according to NPR. A deposition scheduled for last month was delayed.
This week, Dominion and Fox News each filed for motions for summary judgment in the case, asking a Delaware judge to issue a ruling in their favor in advance of the trial, scheduled to begin in April. Those motions are still under seal.
Dominion claims...
Murdoch is the latest high profile Fox figure to face questioning under oath in the discovery phase of the case, with CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott also having been deposed along with on-air figures including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Maria Bartiromo.
Murdoch is being questioned in Los Angeles on the Fox lot, according to NPR. A deposition scheduled for last month was delayed.
This week, Dominion and Fox News each filed for motions for summary judgment in the case, asking a Delaware judge to issue a ruling in their favor in advance of the trial, scheduled to begin in April. Those motions are still under seal.
Dominion claims...
- 1/19/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeanine Pirro has emerged as a key figure in Dominion Voting System 1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News for the network’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, according to court documents obtained by NPR.
The voting tech company argues that by questioning Pirro, it could reach the legal requirement in proving that Fox News showed “actual malice” when it repeatedly broadcast and amplified rumors and lies made by Donald Trump, other right-wing personalities and far-right QAnon conspiracy theorists that Dominion tried to throw the presidential race to Joe Biden.
“Discovery has revealed that…Fox News host Jeanine Pirro help[ed] spread the verifiably false yet devastating lies against Dominion,” according to documents filed Thursday in a Delaware court by Dominion lawyers. Pirro, however, has not been named as a defendant in the suit against Fox Corp.
According to an Aug. 25 New York Times report, Pirro, Steve Doocy and...
The voting tech company argues that by questioning Pirro, it could reach the legal requirement in proving that Fox News showed “actual malice” when it repeatedly broadcast and amplified rumors and lies made by Donald Trump, other right-wing personalities and far-right QAnon conspiracy theorists that Dominion tried to throw the presidential race to Joe Biden.
“Discovery has revealed that…Fox News host Jeanine Pirro help[ed] spread the verifiably false yet devastating lies against Dominion,” according to documents filed Thursday in a Delaware court by Dominion lawyers. Pirro, however, has not been named as a defendant in the suit against Fox Corp.
According to an Aug. 25 New York Times report, Pirro, Steve Doocy and...
- 10/1/2022
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
A federal judge ruled that a Venezuelan businessman can move forward with his defamation lawsuit against Fox News and Lou Dobbs over claims that he was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton rejected the defendants efforts to dismiss the case, finding that the businessman, Majed Khalil, “adequately alleges that Fox may be held liable for the defamatory claims.” Read the opinion here.
Stanton’s decision means that the case can proceed, with a jury ultimately left to decide on the merits if it goes to trial.
In his lawsuit, Khalil cited a Dec. 10, 2020, tweet on Dobbs’ account in which he wrote that the election was a “Cyber Pearl Harbor.” The tweet included a document in which Khalil is named as the “effective ‘COO’ of the election project, under Chavez and Maduro. Khalil is a liaison with Hezbollah.”
Later that day, Dobbs interviewed Powell, who...
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton rejected the defendants efforts to dismiss the case, finding that the businessman, Majed Khalil, “adequately alleges that Fox may be held liable for the defamatory claims.” Read the opinion here.
Stanton’s decision means that the case can proceed, with a jury ultimately left to decide on the merits if it goes to trial.
In his lawsuit, Khalil cited a Dec. 10, 2020, tweet on Dobbs’ account in which he wrote that the election was a “Cyber Pearl Harbor.” The tweet included a document in which Khalil is named as the “effective ‘COO’ of the election project, under Chavez and Maduro. Khalil is a liaison with Hezbollah.”
Later that day, Dobbs interviewed Powell, who...
- 9/27/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Lou Dobbs are among the current and former Fox News personalities facing depositions in Dominion Voting Systems’ 1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
With a trial on the docket for next April, both sides in the case have been in the midst of discovery, with Jeanine Pirro and Steve Doocy also among the Fox News figures on Dominion’s list for depositions.
Hannity is set to be deposed on Wednesday, according to The New York Times, which first reported on the court filing. Carlson is scheduled for Friday and Dobbs on Tuesday, according to court records. Dobbs show was canceled in February, 2021, and he was named with Fox News among the defendants in a separate defamation lawsuit filed by another election company, Smartmatic.
Dominion sued Fox News for 1.6 billion in March, 2021, claiming that the network “sold a false story of election fraud,” arguing that the network amplified,...
With a trial on the docket for next April, both sides in the case have been in the midst of discovery, with Jeanine Pirro and Steve Doocy also among the Fox News figures on Dominion’s list for depositions.
Hannity is set to be deposed on Wednesday, according to The New York Times, which first reported on the court filing. Carlson is scheduled for Friday and Dobbs on Tuesday, according to court records. Dobbs show was canceled in February, 2021, and he was named with Fox News among the defendants in a separate defamation lawsuit filed by another election company, Smartmatic.
Dominion sued Fox News for 1.6 billion in March, 2021, claiming that the network “sold a false story of election fraud,” arguing that the network amplified,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
In his year and a half in exile, former President Donald Trump has been sketching out his possible return to power, filling his time with authoritarian revenge fantasies and several ideas for government personnel that sound like they sprang directly from a Fox News control room.
Since last year, the twice-impeached former president has — two sources familiar with the matter say — made a habit out of asking golfing buddies and certain confidants about which hardcore Trump sycophants he should appoint to his new Cabinet, White House counsel’s office, the Department of Justice,...
Since last year, the twice-impeached former president has — two sources familiar with the matter say — made a habit out of asking golfing buddies and certain confidants about which hardcore Trump sycophants he should appoint to his new Cabinet, White House counsel’s office, the Department of Justice,...
- 7/22/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Dominion Voting Systems scored a legal victory in its efforts to hold Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch’s Fox Corp. liable in its defamation lawsuit, not just Fox News, after the network featured guests and personalities who amplified false election rigging claims.
A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Dominion’s case against the parent company, after ruling in December that the voting company’s case against the news network could move forward. The judge, Eric M. Davis, said that Dominion had “pleaded facts sufficient to satisfy Delaware’s minimum pleading standard with respect to Fox Corporation.”
Dominion’s lawsuit claims that even though Rupert Murdoch did not believe then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud, “he nevertheless encouraged on-air personalities to perpetuate these baseless claims.”
The judge wrote that the allegations “support a reasonable inference that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch either knew Dominion had not manipulated the...
A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Dominion’s case against the parent company, after ruling in December that the voting company’s case against the news network could move forward. The judge, Eric M. Davis, said that Dominion had “pleaded facts sufficient to satisfy Delaware’s minimum pleading standard with respect to Fox Corporation.”
Dominion’s lawsuit claims that even though Rupert Murdoch did not believe then-President Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud, “he nevertheless encouraged on-air personalities to perpetuate these baseless claims.”
The judge wrote that the allegations “support a reasonable inference that Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch either knew Dominion had not manipulated the...
- 6/21/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Update: Former Attorney General William Barr has been in the spotlight in this hearing, as the committee has run extensive video of his testimony, in which he talked of how he thought that Donald Trump was “detached from reality” as he began to embrace conspiracies about the election.
“I was somewhat demoralized, because I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact — he’s become detached from reality,” Barr said.
Barr said that he met with Trump in the Oval Office to inform him that the Justice Department had not found evidence of widespread election fraud. Barr said that Trump was “as mad as I’ve ever seen him and he was trying to control himself.” He said that Trump told him, “You must have said this because you hate Trump.”
Barr said that “my opinion then and my opinion now is that the election was not stolen by fraud,...
“I was somewhat demoralized, because I thought, boy, if he really believes this stuff, he has lost contact — he’s become detached from reality,” Barr said.
Barr said that he met with Trump in the Oval Office to inform him that the Justice Department had not found evidence of widespread election fraud. Barr said that Trump was “as mad as I’ve ever seen him and he was trying to control himself.” He said that Trump told him, “You must have said this because you hate Trump.”
Barr said that “my opinion then and my opinion now is that the election was not stolen by fraud,...
- 6/13/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Donald Trump posted about the need for “real solutions and real leadership” on Wednesday in response to the school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, and he’ll likely make a similar call on Friday, when he travels to Houston to address the National Rifle Association. But when there was another mass shooting at a school during his presidency, he offered no new solutions and, according to a person present, was mentally absent at a critical moment for addressing the gun violence crisis.
As Trump’s team was preparing him in...
As Trump’s team was preparing him in...
- 5/27/2022
- by Asawin Suebsaeng and Patrick Reis
- Rollingstone.com
A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit filed against Fox News Channel by the voting-technology company Smartmatic can proceed, despite Fox’s motion to have the matter dismissed. The suit is the second of its kind that has cleared a potential legal hurdle and has been allowed to continue making its way through the courts.
In the suit, filed in February of last year, Smartmatic alleged that Fox News and three of its popular on-air personalities at the time — Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro — made false claims about the company’s actions and influence on the 2020 presidential election, or allowed such claims to continue to circulate. Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, two attorneys who had been working for President Donald Trump in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election that resulted in victory for President Joe Biden, are also named in the suit.
In the suit, filed in February of last year, Smartmatic alleged that Fox News and three of its popular on-air personalities at the time — Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro — made false claims about the company’s actions and influence on the 2020 presidential election, or allowed such claims to continue to circulate. Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, two attorneys who had been working for President Donald Trump in his effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election that resulted in victory for President Joe Biden, are also named in the suit.
- 3/8/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
A New York judge rejected Fox News’ efforts to dismiss a $2.7 billion lawsuit filed by Smartmatic, which sued over the network’s amplification of unfounded claims that it rigged the 2020 presidential election.
Judge David Cohen also declined to dismiss Smartmatic’s claims against host Maria Bartiromo and former host Lou Dobbs. The judge did dismiss claims against another host, Jeanine Pirro, as well as attorney Sidney Powell, who was a guest multiple times in the aftermath of the vote. The judge also tossed out some of the Smartmatic claims against another guest, Rudy Giuliani, but is giving the company a chance to refile.
Smartmatic sued Fox News and other defendants in February, claiming that the network’s personalities pushed the narrative that the election was rigged in an effort to boost ratings.
“Even assuming that Fox News did not intentionally allow this false narrative to be broadcasted, there is a...
Judge David Cohen also declined to dismiss Smartmatic’s claims against host Maria Bartiromo and former host Lou Dobbs. The judge did dismiss claims against another host, Jeanine Pirro, as well as attorney Sidney Powell, who was a guest multiple times in the aftermath of the vote. The judge also tossed out some of the Smartmatic claims against another guest, Rudy Giuliani, but is giving the company a chance to refile.
Smartmatic sued Fox News and other defendants in February, claiming that the network’s personalities pushed the narrative that the election was rigged in an effort to boost ratings.
“Even assuming that Fox News did not intentionally allow this false narrative to be broadcasted, there is a...
- 3/8/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Daily Show” took aim at media outlets for hypocrisy in their coverage of former President Barack Obama’s administration. During Monday’s episode, the show compiled a list of what it jokingly deemed “the worst 10 scandals in presidential history,” which included seemingly minor actions that were overanalyzed by mostly conservative networks.
“No president has ever done anything worse,” the screen declared after each “scandal,” before showing footage of another president doing something quite similar.
The list included Umbrella-gate, which spawned from a rainy 2013 press conference where a U.S. Marine held an umbrella over Obama’s head.
“It was a symbolic moment today when the Marines came out and they put umbrella [over his head]. They were protecting him,” Sean Hannity says in a resurfaced Fox News clip. “Maybe in this case, he should have been protecting them.”
The top controversy was, unsurprisingly, when Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference on the U.
“No president has ever done anything worse,” the screen declared after each “scandal,” before showing footage of another president doing something quite similar.
The list included Umbrella-gate, which spawned from a rainy 2013 press conference where a U.S. Marine held an umbrella over Obama’s head.
“It was a symbolic moment today when the Marines came out and they put umbrella [over his head]. They were protecting him,” Sean Hannity says in a resurfaced Fox News clip. “Maybe in this case, he should have been protecting them.”
The top controversy was, unsurprisingly, when Obama wore a tan suit during a press conference on the U.
- 2/22/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s obsession with defending Russian President Vladimir Putin and former president Donald Trump hit a new low on Monday’s edition of Carlson’s nightly show. During his opening monologue, Carlson recycled a baseless conspiracy theory that it wasn’t Russia that carried out a cyberattack on the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 presidential campaign, but instead a Democratic insider who stole DNC emails “from within the building” and “who wanted to show the world how Bernie Sanders was being shafted by the very same...
- 2/15/2022
- by Andy Kroll and Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
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