Court approves 2nd Fox defamation suit "It will help establish the reckless indifference to truth (or worse)" new Smartmatic case, says Laurence Tribe Salon · Mar 14, 2023
Don't trust the news media? That's good Everyone seems to hate what they call “the media.” The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023
Commentary: QAnon has gone local, with strange repercussions in California’s Shasta County and beyond The Shasta County, California, Board of Supervisors has “upended the county’s election process,” the Los Angeles Times reported last week, “canceling its contract with Dominion Voting Systems.” The county could opt to hand-count ballots instead, which would likely delay results and promote more suspicion of elections. One supervisor said he… Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023
Fox News faces "financial death penalty" "Fox is now trapped in an ever-worsening spiral of lies of its own creation," former prosecutor says Salon · Mar 13, 2023
First Thing: Everything Everywhere All at Once triumphs at Oscars Multiverse fantasy picks up seven awards including best picture and best actress while All Quiet on the Western Front wins four. Plus, long shadow of US invasion of Iraq still looms 20 years on The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023
2020 US election: Why is Fox News being sued by Dominion Voting Systems? Documents in Dominions case against Fox News show evidence that Rupert Murdoch's media company knew it was peddling lies. The New Daily · Mar 13, 2023
Tucker Carlson firestorm over Trump texts threatens to engulf Fox News The network is facing a $1.6bn false-claims lawsuit – and its top star’s private texts about the ex-president are causing anguish The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2023
Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances New York court greenlights $2.7bn suit against news channel by election company Smartmatic over 2020 presidential election lies The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2023
Fox News grapples with revelations in defamation case NEW YORK - Can Fox News, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's influential conservative outlet, overcome its legal travails and revelations of behind-the-scenes intrigue? Bangkok Post · Mar 12, 2023
‘Lachlan’s in the mire’: Fox News case spells trouble for Murdoch heir Rupert Murdoch’s eldest son, who oversaw the network’s slavishly pro-Trump line, features prominently in evidence revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2023
Records in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters Documents from a defamation lawsuit against Fox News illustrate the pressures its journalists faced in the weeks after the 2020 presidential election The Independent UK · Mar 11, 2023
Is Dominion’s case against Fox News really worth as much as $1.6 billion? Dominion claims that at least 20 customers terminated or declined to renew their contracts with the company after the 2020 election The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2023
"It is not red or blue, it is green" When spreading lies, does the motive matter? Salon · Mar 10, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Mar 10, 2023 Commentary: Dominion’s defamation suit keeps telling the truth about Fox News. It’s not pretty With each new revelation from filings in the $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News, the dimensions of the hole the network is in become clearer.
WEKU · Mar 10, 2023 A California county has dumped Dominion, leaving its election operations up in the air California's Shasta County has terminated its contract with Dominion Voting Systems, a company that's faced a barrage of conspiracy theories since the 2020 election.
Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2023 Commentary: Private texts confirm: Fox isn’t a news network The newly released private messages of Fox News stars Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham, Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch, and others prove what many on the left have argued for years: that Fox is an entertainment network, not a news network.
Salon · Mar 9, 2023 Profs: Fox has no 1st Amendment defense "The motive was clearly profit," law professor says, citing "mountains of evidence"
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023 Fox News staffers reveal frustration over Dominion lawsuit revelations Tucker Carlson reportedly called for a Fox News reporter to be fired after she fact-checked Donald Trump on air
Salon · Mar 9, 2023 Fox hates Trump but can't get rid of him Internal messages show no one in the right-wing media ecosystem likes disgraced ex-president Donald Trump
Los Angeles Times · Mar 9, 2023 Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo is front and center in Dominion's defamation suit How do you solve a problem like Maria Bartiromo?
The Guardian - US · Mar 9, 2023 Fox News produced ‘zero’ evidence to back election lie, defamation case hears Dominion Voting Systems asks judge to rule in its favour without a full trial as cable news network frames case as free speech issue
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023 Fox News, Rupert Murdoch and backstage Trump whispers: The damning Dominion revelations Court documents present damning messages from network’s star anchors and executives surrounding coverage of Donald Trump’s false 2020 election fraud narrative, Joe Sommerlad and Alex Woodward explain
The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023 What the Tucker Carlson Dominion texts said about Trump Conservative commentator hates former president ‘passionately’, lawsuit filing revealed
The Guardian - UK · Mar 9, 2023 First Thing: Russian missile barrage knocks out power in Ukraine Latest attack reported to include use of hypersonic missiles, of which Moscow is only believed to have a few dozen. Plus, the 10 worst places to live in the US for air pollution