According to Dominion’s court filing and the internal communications it featured, Fox programming promoted ridiculous claims in the immediate aftermath of the 2020 election in order to appease Republican voters — and keep them watching. (via MaddowBlog)
that appears to show that Fox News deliberately promoted bogus election claims they knew to be false.
Tucker Carlson soon after sent a text to Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham. “Please get her fired,” Carlson wrote, referring to the reporter who presented accurate information. The host added, “It needs to stop immediately, like tonight. It’s measurably hurting the company. The stock price is down. Not a joke.”
At one point, a Fox executive pointed to a fringe website promoting bizarre nonsense. “This type of conspiratorial reporting might be exactly what the disgruntled [Fox News] viewer is looking for,” the executive wrote. In this context, “respecting” Fox viewers apparently meant telling them what they wanted to hear — as opposed to telling them what Fox knew to be true.,"The messages also show that ... doubts extended to the highest levels of the Fox Corporation, with Rupert Murdoch, its chairman, calling Mr. Trump’s voter fraud claims 'really crazy stuff.
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