• Former Fox reporter suing over being fired for challenging Jan 6 lies

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    https://apnews.com/article/fox-news-reporter-jan-6-lawsuit-a55fb6e8e29033c5e7e840336977ffc5

    A former Fox News reporter says in a lawsuit he
    was targeted and fired for pushing back against
    false claims about the riot at the U.S. Capitol
    on Jan. 6, 2021.

    In the suit moved to federal court Monday,
    producer Jason Donner said he was part of a
    “purge” of employees who refused to only
    report information that would “appease” former
    President Donald Trump and his supporters.

    Donner was inside the Capitol when the mob of
    Trump supporters breached the building. When
    he heard Fox News reporting that rioters were
    “peaceful” and “severely disappointed,” he
    called the control room, using expletives as
    he said, “you’re gonna get us all killed,”
    the suit states.

    Donner also debunked Tucker Carlson’s
    “Patriot Purge,” a program on the Fox Nation
    streaming service that argued Jan. 6 was used
    as a pretext for persecution of conservative
    Americans.

    Fox managers, though, were focused on wooing
    viewers who supported Trump...

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