![]() "After obtaining millions of documents and taking dozens of depositions- including depositions of Fox Corporation's CEO, Fox Corporation's Chairman, Fox News's CEO, Fox News's President, and dozens of producers, on-air talent, and executives-Dominion has produced zero evidentiary support for its dubious theory," Fox Corp.'s filing claims.Įven so, Fox Corp.'s chief legal officer, Viet Dinh, acknowledged under oath that executives in the corporation's chain of command have an obligation "to prevent and correct known falsehoods." (Fox Corp.'s and Fox News' legal defense is handled by a team of outside lawyers led by Dan Webb, a highly regarded Chicago-based corporate litigator.) Some Fox News journalists debunked false election-fraud claims in reports. ![]() In their own filing Monday, Fox Corp.'s attorneys say the communications presented by Dominion that involve Fox executives are not directly related to the 115 allegedly defamatory statements at issue in the case. argues that Dominion has produced no evidence showing that Rupert Murdoch his son Lachlan Murdoch, Fox Corp.'s executive chairman or other top corporate executives played a "direct role" in the decisions to air election-fraud claims. Some of our commentators were endorsing it."įox Corp. When asked whether Fox News embraced the idea of election fraud, he pointed instead to his own stars: "No. Similarly, Murdoch sought to distinguish between the two in his sworn remarks. has tried to sidestep the case, saying the decisions were left up to the executives and journalists within Fox News. Speaking under oath, Murdoch confirmed the suggestion by a Dominion lawyer that Fox was "trying to straddle the line between spewing conspiracy theories on one hand, yet calling out the fact that they are actually false on the other."įox denies executives had "direct role" in broadcasting false claimsĭominion initially sued the network and its parent company separately. Murdoch admits Fox News stars endorsed false stolen-election claim founder Rupert Murdoch and his top corporate advisers. To counter that defense, Dominion's legal filings summon the words of seemingly authoritative figures: Fox Corp. ![]() The Fox statement called Dominion's stance "extreme," citing free speech concerns, and characterized the voting-tech company's legal position as "a blatant violation of the First Amendment" that would "prevent journalists from basic reporting." "Dominion's lawsuit has always been more about what will generate headlines than what can withstand legal and factual scrutiny," according to a statement released by a spokeswoman on behalf of Fox Corp. is arguing that the parent company and its top executives are wrongly being held responsible for reporting on the baseless assertions of a president and his advisers. That's the picture that emerges in evidence presented Monday by the voting-tech company Dominion Voting Systems in a blockbuster $1.6 billion defamation suit against both Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp.ĭominion's legal team is presenting only the evidence it believes will propel its case Fox Corp.
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