The eyeopeners in sworn testimony and text messages between them showed their contempt for Trump himself and the shared belief that the election was not stolen, while on camera they were promoting the exact opposite views. The reasons they gave were revealed in these depositions is that if they reported what they really thought did not reflect their loyal audiences' misconceptions fed to them by Trump and other media outlets, they would lose ratings. Their fear was not of being called out as hypocrites; they feared they would lose their loyal audience who had believed what three of the hosts themselves privately called BS. Instead, they promoted on air Donald Trump's version of the truth. At CPAC he promised retribution against those who did not fall in line with his explanation of why he was called a loser.
Damning Dominion depositions showed what those opinion personalities and execs themselves in real-time thought about the violence and significance of January 6. In an attempt to justify some FOX opinion hosts twisting the January 6 riot violence into a peaceful protest, Tucker Carlson this past week attempted to revise history to fit his public views. Tucker Carlson cherry-picked police videos that depicted the rioters as peaceful looky-loo tourists. With 140 Capitol police injured, the police defending the Capitol tripped over their own feet? Since the violence was shown live on TV as it took place, I wonder how many who were glued to their TV's that day still believe in peaceful tourist sham. There were videos shot on January 6 by a variety of videographers. One from ITV Britain entered the Capitol with the rioters. and security cameras were used as evidence in the January 6 select committee hearings and trials. One outcome was evidence that the violence was led by anti-government militia members. No Antifa members turned up in any data source. They were joined by others who were angered by the big lie. An estimated ten thousand breached the capitol grounds on January 6 per the police and AP, and about 2 thousand of those entered the Capitol there. Of those two thousand, about 1000 have been prosecuted on a variety of criminal charges. 26 Months Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol (justice.gov) Trump, the wannabe dictator, this week also called those who found themselves charged with crimes and/or imprisoned "political prisoners" who he would release immediately if re-elected. To heck with evidence and the judicial process or the rule of law. That's just what autocrats do.
What is driving FOX is fear of losing ratings which translates into advertising revenue. That was also revealed in the Dominion deposition transcripts. What FOX did not count on was a release of the transcripts of sworn depositions and text messages to other media outlets. FOX hosts promoted guests they texted privately they considered were nuts, the ones who claimed the Domion tabulating systems were falsely programmed to favor Biden. Whether the revelation of the lies FOX told their audience that Dominium was the one whose systems stole their election when they knew the election was not stolen would be enough evidence to help Dominium win their defamation suit will meet the high bar of proof required when freedom of speech is at issue will probably be decided by a jury. Settlement before a trial would require FOX to admit some culpability which would be a bad PR move. Better for their reputation would be if Dominion lost the suit.Critical will be proving intentional harm to Dominion. Defamation case law favors the media's first amendment rights. It then could be claimed that the FOX hosts and Rupert Murdoch were off the hook for their hypocritical role. Regardless of the suit outcomes.FOX the bad taste will linger, that they themselves were hypocritical, fooled their audience, feared rating loss, and took their audience for fools.. Regardless of a trial outcome, the damage has already been done to the trust in FOX bringing bad news their viewers would not like.
Private Fox News text messages, emails released in Dominion suit (nbcnews.com)
MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: Who do you trust for bringing you the news: a plea for critical thinking
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/fox-dominion-reach-787m-settlement-220400496.html
Did FOX admit they lied about Dominium's voting systems contributing to Trump's defeat in 2020? In effect, they did, but it was not in a sound bite. Instead, they acknowledged the judge's ruling to move the case to trial because it was "crystal clear" FOX had lied. The trial would have decided on the amount of settlement and rehashing of what was discovered in the pre-trial process. The depositions of sworn testimony made public as part of the civil defamation case leadup to trial were damning, with testimony from those who knew that behind the scenes, FOX evening personalities knew that it was a lie, but still promoted it as truth to their viewers. This was only the first case to end of others suing FOX for defamation of their company's voting systems are still pending. This is not only an enormous defamation settlement against a media entity (3/4 of a billion dollars), its significance is that on the public record for history, a trusted media source lied about the 2020 election was stolen and that their followers swallowed it hook line and sinker and motivated the Jan.6 rioters.
www.nbcnews.com/media/fox-news-settles-dominion-defamation-lawsu Murdochs Bet on Fox News Ahead of Dominion Voting Lawsuit - Variety
lachlan murdoch - latest news, breaking stories and comment - The Independent
No wonder this country is politically split nearly with the edge barely going to the Democrats.. The impact on FOX News either shapes or reflects the opinions of its viewers and nearly 40% of voters get their news from that cable channel. Pew Research has done the only survey I could find of where Americans get their news, and 39% get it from FOX. It was conducted in 2019 and released in 2020. The other 61% get their news from other sources, mostly mainstream publications, print, TV broadcasts, and other cable channels. The impact of social media, even more important, was not included in their survey. Social media is an amplifying vehicle, spreading whatever news and/or opinion is out there to those who are already loyal to one side or other of the political spectrum. In primetime, FOX NEWS opinion hosts garner over 50% of the listeners. Tucker Carlson's ratings even spiked after the Dominium texts revealed him as believing one thing in private and another in public about Donald Trump and the 2020 election, as he attempted to rewrite the history of January 6 by showing video clips only of peaceful rioters.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/04/01/americans-main-sources-for-political-news-vary-by-party-and-age/
Tucker Carlson said he hates Trump: Dominion-Fox filing (cnbc.com) .
Private Fox News text messages, emails released in Dominion suit (nbcnews.com)
MUFTIC FORUM BLOG: Who do you trust for bringing you the news: a plea for critical thinking
A few days ago, the latest to plea guilty and be sentenced for his actions on January 6 was from Colorado .https://kdvr.com/news/local/colorado-man-pleads-guilty-to-jan-6-charges/
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