Former News Corp. executive and current Fox critic Preston Padden has filed a copy of a New York state court ruling to buttress the challenge to Fox Corp.'s ownership of WTXF Philadelphia. Padden, a longtime executive working for Fox chairman emeritus Rupert Murdoch, called for designating the license renewal for hearing before an administrative law judge, given the court's ruling.
Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice David Cohen on Wednesday (January 24) refused Fox's petition that the court dismiss an amended complaint in voting machine company Smartmatic USA’s lawsuit against the company and Fox News Channel on-air figures Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo and Jeanine Pirro, as well as Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, surrogates for former President Donald Trump. Smartmatic accused Fox of spreading misinformation about its equipment and its role in the 2020 election.
