In the days leading up to the trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News, the network’s top brass began to realize there was a major problem in their legal defense strategy. Namely, that it was not going to work.
In a widely anticipated new book, Network of Lies: The Epic Saga of Fox News, Donald Trump, and the Battle for American Democracy, longtime media reporter (and noted Fox critic) Brian Stelter chronicles the legal maneuvering and corporate faceplants of Rupert Murdoch’s crown jewel and cash cow as it defended itself against claims it had promoted the theory that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.
