When Fox and the GOP cover Dionne Warwicke...
https://fortune.com/2023/03/09/fox-dominion-voting-systems-defamation-lawsuit-reveals-murdoch-worked-republican-leaders-set-programming/
In May 2018, the nation’s top Republicans needed help. So they called on
the founder of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch.
President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were
trying to stop West Virginia Republicans from nominating Don
Blankenship, who had been convicted of violating mine safety standards
during a lethal accident in one of his coal mines, to challenge the
state’s incumbent senator, Democrat Joe Manchin.
“Both Trump and McConnell are appealing for help to beat unelectable
former mine owner who served time,” Murdoch wrote to executives at Fox
News, according to court records released this week. “Anything during
day helpful, but Sean (Hannity) and Laura (Ingraham) dumping on him hard
might save the day.”
Murdoch’s prodding, revealed in court documents that are part of a
defamation lawsuit by a voting systems company, is one example showing
how Fox became actively involved in politics instead of simply reporting
or offering opinions about it. The revelations pose a challenge to the credibility of the most watched cable news network in the U.S.
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