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Joinfortmill

(21,670 posts)
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 10:14 AM Dec 2021

Time to bring this media empire down. This is a start.

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/murdoch-emails-loom-large-billion-dollar-election-lawsuits-against-fox-news-2021-12-14/

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Did Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch influence Fox News’ coverage of claims about two voting technology companies — knowing that those claims were false?

That has become a significant question in defamation lawsuits filed by Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems Corp against Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp (FOXA.O). The plaintiffs are asking for more than $4 billion in damages from the media giant, on-air talent such as Maria Bartiromo and guests including Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, lawyers aligned with former U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Time to bring this media empire down. This is a start. (Original Post) Joinfortmill Dec 2021 OP
...K&R... spanone Dec 2021 #1
K & R for visibility malaise Dec 2021 #2
Also, FOX lied to cover for Trump about the election and their COVID misinfo led to real deaths. TheBlackAdder Dec 2021 #13
Yes! Sherman A1 Dec 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2021 #4
$4 Billion is chump change to Faux Nooz, AND to their Russian and Saudi sponsors. BComplex Dec 2021 #5
Yup and not just foreign money, gab13by13 Dec 2021 #6
no, no, none of that matters. Fox gets its money from cable carriers. So you are paying them. Hamlette Dec 2021 #8
No no no. The Saudi royal family OPENLY owns 6% of faux stock, and gawd only knows how much BComplex Dec 2021 #14
I'm more interested in bringing them down. Hamlette Dec 2021 #15
K&R gademocrat7 Dec 2021 #7
knr Baltimike Dec 2021 #9
Magic 8 ball says, "Signs point to yes." dchill Dec 2021 #10
Of course they did! Initech Dec 2021 #11
If Faux News is entertainment, why are they in the WH? RainCaster Dec 2021 #12

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
13. Also, FOX lied to cover for Trump about the election and their COVID misinfo led to real deaths.
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:43 PM
Dec 2021

Response to Joinfortmill (Original post)

BComplex

(9,961 posts)
5. $4 Billion is chump change to Faux Nooz, AND to their Russian and Saudi sponsors.
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 10:44 AM
Dec 2021

All kinds of authoritarian money keeps that dark ship afloat! The destruction of America as we've known it goes through the faux nooz channel.

gab13by13

(32,789 posts)
6. Yup and not just foreign money,
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 12:47 PM
Dec 2021

we have American oligarchs funding the move to autocracy also.

Hamlette

(15,556 posts)
8. no, no, none of that matters. Fox gets its money from cable carriers. So you are paying them.
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:04 PM
Dec 2021

when you pay your cable bill, some portion of your money goes to Fox and many other cable networks.

BComplex

(9,961 posts)
14. No no no. The Saudi royal family OPENLY owns 6% of faux stock, and gawd only knows how much
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 02:56 PM
Dec 2021

more is owned by llc's and such. Russia, as well. No. The cable bill pays a lot, but that's not who owns 'em.

Hamlette

(15,556 posts)
15. I'm more interested in bringing them down.
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 06:11 PM
Dec 2021

if you pay for cable, an average of $1.72 goes to Fox every month. They don't need advertisers or to sell stock.

RainCaster

(13,888 posts)
12. If Faux News is entertainment, why are they in the WH?
Wed Dec 15, 2021, 01:13 PM
Dec 2021

Only legit news organizations should be allowed to any US govt press briefings.

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