Rupert Murdoch faces the start of a £1.3billion defamation trial today billed as a possible death blow to the tycoon’s media empire.
The civil hearing centres on falsehoods pushed by star presenters on his Fox News channel about ballot counting machines used in the 2020 US election.
Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox for $1.6bn (£1.3bn), claiming the broadcaster damaged its reputation by repeatedly airing conspiracy theories that the voting machine firm helped orchestrate a fraud that cost former President Donald Trump re-election.