Top Democrat urges Rupert Murdoch to order Fox News to stop ‘pattern of lying to viewers’
In a letter Wednesday, Schumer and Jeffries warned Fox News executives that they were spreading false propaganda about so-called “criminals.” “big lie” The fact that the 2020 election was stolen could further embolden its followers and Trump supporters to engage in more political violence.
“Fox News executives and every other host on the network have a clear choice,” write Schumer and Jeffries.
“By continuing the pattern of lying to our viewers and endangering our democracy, or by supporting the truth and reporting the facts, we can get through this damaging chapter in our company’s history,” Fox News said. Please stop spreading ‘big lies’ and other election conspiracy theories on your network.”
In a statement provided Monday to Dominion’s latest brief, a Fox News spokesperson said lawsuits “always generate more headlines than those that can stand up to legal and factual scrutiny. After their own experts debunked that implausible claim, their motion for summary judgment is more than $500 million in fictitious damages. Their efforts to publicly denigrate Fox for taking extreme and unsupported views on defamation laws that prevent him from doing so, covering allegations made by a sitting U.S. president, and commenting on what it is It should be recognized, a blatant violation of the First Amendment.”
In response to Murdoch’s newly released testimony, the White House emphasized that Biden won.
White House press secretary Andrew Bates said, “Despite newfound media bias and hypocrisy during the 2020 campaign, Joe Biden’s vision, message and track record for the middle class will continue to serve America. “It’s the most votes in history,” he said. he said in a statement Tuesday.
“And those who are surprised by such revelations aren’t paying attention or watching Fox News these days.”
Top two Democrats give Fox News host Tucker Carlson exclusive access to over 40,000 hours of surveillance footage from Jan. 6, 2021 attack on US Capitol by pro-Trump mob condemned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision. Proof of Joe Biden’s electoral college victory.
Carlson, who downplayed the seriousness of the riots and claimed it was a “false flag” operation, said on his show Monday night without evidence that some of the footage was “already in some way… This contradicts what is reported about the uprising of the 6th.
Washington Post It is one of about a dozen news outlets that have requested similar access to surveillance footage, and last month, through a lawyer, said, “I wonder if an ideological narrative of an already polarized event will take root in the public consciousness. There are concerns that there will be no,” he said.
McCarthy has defended his decision to give Carlson exclusive access to the footage, calling the media “jealous”.
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/top-democrats-demand-rupert-murdoch-order-fox-news-stop-pattern-of-lying-to-viewers-20230302-p5coqp.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_world Top Democrat urges Rupert Murdoch to order Fox News to stop ‘pattern of lying to viewers’