Katie Phang: A kind of civil war was brewing at Fox in the aftermath of the 2020 election — one that pitted star hosts like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity against journalists trying to accurately report the election.
decide the case in Dominion’s favor without a trial. In preparation for that hearing, a judge has unsealed hundreds of exhibits, composed of thousands of pages of texts, emails, documents and correspondence, almost all of which seem tothat from the top of the corporation to the bottom, its owners, executives, hosts, anchors, producers and even fact-checkers knew that Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election and that there was no credible evidence of election fraud.
As these exhibits continue to roll out, we see consistent signs of a kind of civil war brewing within Fox.in a statement: “Thanks to today’s filings, Dominion has been caught red handed using more distortions and misinformation in their PR campaign to smear FOX News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press,” the statement said.
Nevertheless, as these exhibits continue to roll out, we see consistent signs of a kind of civil war brewing within Fox, with star hosts like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity and Bret Baier battling with the Fox News decision desk journalists who were trying to accurately characterize 2020 election results. Those hosts complained about the fallout from Fox’s calling Arizona early for President Joe Biden, about how viewers were angry and about how ratings were dropping.
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