Fox libel defense at odds with top GOP presidential foes
The network is relying on a nearly 60-year-old Supreme Court ruling that makes it difficult to successfully sue media organizations for libel
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