"Stunning proof": Legal experts say Rupert Murdoch deposition admission is “absolutely devastating”
Posted on AllSides March 1st, 2023
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Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch admitted in a deposition that some Fox News hosts "endorsed" false election conspiracy theories but he chose not to stop them, according to unsealed court documents in Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against the network.
"They endorsed," Murdoch said in the deposition in response to questions about hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo.
Asked whether he told the network's top stars to stop promoting false claims that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, Murdoch acknowledged, "I...
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