Fox News, Newsmax Walk Back Election Fraud Claims After Facing Legal Action From Voting Machine Manufacturers

Facing legal action, right-rated outlets Fox News and Newsmax have begun airing segments and publishing articles retracting allegations of election fraud regarding voting machines manufacturers Smartmatic and Dominion. This comes after Smartmatic sent a number of media outlets a letter last Monday threatening legal action if certain claims were not retracted. Smartmatic also sent a letter to former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who originated claims that the two companies conspired with Democrats and the Venezuelan government to hand the election to Joe Biden. On Friday, Fox News aired a segment which appeared to retract many claims it made surrounding Smartmatic in an interview with Open Source Election Technology Institute director Eddie Perez on “Lou Dobbs Tonight.” Newsmax aired a segment Monday to "clarify" its coverage of Dominion and Smartmatic, saying, “Newsmax would like to clarify its news coverage and note that it has not reported as true certain claims made about these companies.” The story was covered primarily by left- and center-rated outlets, though it received some coverage from right-rated outlets, including The Blaze, The Daily Caller and The Epoch Times.