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How much the lawsuit will actually end up costing Fox is unclear because there are ways it can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions

The network has built a hugely successful business with an opinionated operation that appeals to the emotions of viewers and doesn’t have much incentive to change the way it operates

Murdoch claimed he was defamed by a Crikey column about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building under the headlines: “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor. And Murdoch is his unindicted co-conspirator”

The conservative station was not the only loser in Tuesday’s agreement: the former president and his false allegations of voter fraud also suffered a blow

‘Truth matters, lies have consequences,’ Dominion Voting System’s lawyer said after the out-of-court win

Rupert Murdoch’s network has been accused of defaming the voting machine company by spreading false accusations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. Opening arguments have been delayed while a last-minute deal is negotiated

The trial will test press freedom and the reputation of conservatives’ favorite news source. It will also illuminate the flow of misinformation that helped spark the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday in a trial expected to last six weeks

The former president has come roaring back to the channel most favored by conservatives, as most recently seen by Tucker Carlson’s hour-long friendly interview on Tuesday

The judge expressed anger and frustration during a pretrial hearing after learning that Fox only recently turned over recordings of Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo talking with two lawyers for then-President Donald Trump, Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani

A Delaware judge said he would allow Dominion to talk generally about threats it had received to show how it has been damaged by the Fox broadcasts

Recent psychological research links the constant consumption of news to high levels of stress and poor emotional well-being

Dominion is suing the network for $1.6 billion, claiming Fox defamed it by repeatedly airing false allegations by then-President Donald Trump in the weeks after the 2020 election

The conspiracies have led to calls to ban voting machines in some places and triggered death threats against election officials

They are among the names submitted this week as potential witnesses by Fox and Dominion Voting Systems, although it doesn’t guarantee that they will appear in court

Graham violated Senate rules and standards of conduct because he was in a Senate office building when he did the interview

Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems argued that Fox recklessly repeated false accusations from supporters of former President Donald Trump

The $1.6 billion lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems alleges that Fox amplified false allegations that its machines changed votes in the 2020 presidential election

The revelations have bolstered critics who say Fox News Channel should be considered a propaganda network rather than a news outlet

Hernan Lopez, the former CEO of Fox International Channels, was convicted. Carlos Martinez, who headed the Latin America affiliate, was acquitted

A common theme emerging from the internal documents and depositions is that Fox executives and hosts doubted the election claims being peddled by Trump, but aired and emphasized them anyway

‘The election was not stolen,’ he said in sworn questioning in January by lawyers for Dominion Voting Systems

Handed some 41,000 hours of January 6 security footage, the conservative commentator is working to bend perceptions of the violent, grueling siege into a narrative favorable to Donald Trump

The network is relying on a nearly 60-year-old Supreme Court ruling that makes it difficult to successfully sue media organizations for libel

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said the involvement of the U.S. intelligence community was evidence enough of the “politicization of origin tracing.”