Fox News settled with Dominion Voting Systems earlier this week, shelling out $787.5 million to avoid trotting out the network’s highest-profile figures — from Rupert Murdoch to Tucker Carlson — in front of a jury to testify under oath about their false coverage of the2020 election. And while America may …
Read More »Fox's Prime-Time Hosts Completely Ignored the Dominion Settlement
Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million in a last-minute settlement on Tuesday that spared the network the humiliation of a publicized defamation trial. If you get your news coverage from Fox’s prime-time stars, however, you’d have no idea it happened. The outcome of the lawsuit was …
Read More »Kimmel Criticizes Dominion for Sparing Fox News From Public Reckoning
Fox News paidDominion Voting Systems $787.5 million in a landmark settlement in which Dominion sued the network for airing false claims about the 2020 presidential election. As part of the settlement, Fox will not have to apologize or even acknowledge that it promoted false claims about the voting-machine company rigging …
Read More »Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk Pretend Twitter Isn't Burning
It was only a matter of time. Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk finally linked up on Monday night for the first installment of what is shaping up to be a two-night self-ingratiating fest on Fox News. The pair have long been on converging paths. Carlson has been Musk’s number one …
Read More »Fox News Settles Dominion Case, Avoiding Public Airing of Network's Dirty Laundry
Fox News has settled with Dominion Voting Systems, which sued the network for defamation after it repeatedly aired false claims about the voting-machine company rigging the 2020 presidential election. The settlement is a landmark moment in political media, with the primary news source for millions of Americans admitting it lied …
Read More »Bill O'Reilly, No Stranger to Settlements, Bashes Fox for Dominion Debacle
No one knows humiliating Fox News settlements better than disgraced cable star Bill O’Reilly. The former Fox host — who was ousted from the network in 2017 after revelations that the network had secretly settled a series of sexual harassment lawsuits against him — has weighed in on his former …
Read More »Trump's Genius Plan for Fox News to Win Election Lies Lawsuit: Lie More
Fox News is in trouble. The network’s prospects to fend off a $1.6 billion lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems are so grim that it’s now reportedly trying to settle with the company after falsely pushing on air that it may have rigged the 2020 presidential election. Thankfully for Fox News, …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Whines Suspected Pentagon Leaker Treated 'Even Worse' Than Bin Laden
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson gave a bizarre defense of suspected intelligence leaker Jack Teixeira on Thursday night. The primetime host claimed that federal authorities arrested Teixeira to cover up a covert, illegal US presence in Ukraine, and as punishment for contradicting “the National Security State and their obedient servants in …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Accuses Black Lawmaker of Speaking Like a 'Sharecropper'
Following his (temporary) expulsion from the Tennessee House of Representatives, Black lawmaker Justin Pearson told reporters that one could not ignore the “racial dynamic” of Republicans’ efforts to remove him from office. On Wednesday night, Tucker Carlson made those racial undertones explicit, mocking Pearson for his cadence when speaking, and …
Read More »Caught on Tape: Trump Official Told Fox News Dominion Voting Machines Were Legit
MSNBC released new audio of Rudy Giuliani admitting to Fox News’ host Maria Bartiromo that he had difficulty backing claims of Dominion Voting Systems‘ involvement in election fraud. The recordings, revealed on Wednesday, also include audio of a Trump campaign official saying that when the Secretary of State did his …
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