Rupert Murdoch

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

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

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

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

Documents in the case in Delaware State Court show Murdoch and other Fox executives believed Joe Biden fairly beat Donald Trump

Dominion claims in a $1.6 billion lawsuit that Fox aired allegations that Dominion had doctored the vote against Trump, even as it knew that was untrue

Dominion said some Fox News employees deliberately amplified false claims that Dominion had changed votes in the 2020 election

The company, which sells electronic voting hardware and software, must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendants acted with actual malice or reckless disregard for the truth

The media mogul’s family controls both corporations but had spun off the latter’s properties into a separate company after selling a large part of its entertainment empire to Walt Disney