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The Washington Post, March 10, 2023
The $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News has given the public a rare look at the inner workings of the conservative cable-news giant — including what its executives and top personalities privately had to say about their colleagues, their company and its viewers.
Emails and text messages sent among major players at the network, including figures like Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson, reveal that many disbelieved the claims of election fraud aired by Donald Trump allies on Fox programs — but that they were concerned Trump-supporting viewers would flip to other channels if Fox journalists contradicted the false claims on air.
The cache of documents was released as part of the lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which alleged Fox “spread and endorsed” false claims — such as, that its voting machines were rigged to “flip” votes from Trump to Joe Biden — and in doing so, harmed Dominion’s reputation and damaged its business prospects...
Never a fan of Trump, whom Murdoch originally knew as a gossip column fixture in his own New York Post tabloid, the mogul entered a mutually beneficial relationship with the future president as he closed in on the White House. By the end of Trump’s term, though, Murdoch fretted in private emails that he had gone “increasingly mad.” He bemoaned the chatter of election conspiracy theories, even as they burbled up on his own network, but also worried about ratings and urged Fox executives to help Republican candidates in Georgia Senate runoff elections “any way we can.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/10/fox-news-lawsuit-key-players/
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Reporting on a politician,s claims without evaluating the claims is the way the mainstream media contributed to the McCarthy Era of the early Cold War. When Sen. McCarthy made baseless claims that card carrying members of the Communist Party worked for the State Department, many Americans believed that this was true.
The McCarthy Ear fomented the fear Democrat politicians had of being "soft on Communism." This fear led to President Kennedy sending military advisors to South Vietnam. When the Communists continued to win the war this fear cause President Johnson to send combat troops to South Vietnam.
In retrospect it should be obvious that the danger of Communism was over estimated during the Cold War. There never was a danger of a Communist dictatorship being established in the United States. The danger was of a nuclear war that would have ended civilization.
The $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News has given the public a rare look at the inner workings of the conservative cable-news giant — including what its executives and top personalities privately had to say about their colleagues, their company and its viewers.
Emails and text messages sent among major players at the network, including figures like Rupert Murdoch and Tucker Carlson, reveal that many disbelieved the claims of election fraud aired by Donald Trump allies on Fox programs — but that they were concerned Trump-supporting viewers would flip to other channels if Fox journalists contradicted the false claims on air.
The cache of documents was released as part of the lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems, which alleged Fox “spread and endorsed” false claims — such as, that its voting machines were rigged to “flip” votes from Trump to Joe Biden — and in doing so, harmed Dominion’s reputation and damaged its business prospects...
Never a fan of Trump, whom Murdoch originally knew as a gossip column fixture in his own New York Post tabloid, the mogul entered a mutually beneficial relationship with the future president as he closed in on the White House. By the end of Trump’s term, though, Murdoch fretted in private emails that he had gone “increasingly mad.” He bemoaned the chatter of election conspiracy theories, even as they burbled up on his own network, but also worried about ratings and urged Fox executives to help Republican candidates in Georgia Senate runoff elections “any way we can.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/03/10/fox-news-lawsuit-key-players/
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Reporting on a politician,s claims without evaluating the claims is the way the mainstream media contributed to the McCarthy Era of the early Cold War. When Sen. McCarthy made baseless claims that card carrying members of the Communist Party worked for the State Department, many Americans believed that this was true.
The McCarthy Ear fomented the fear Democrat politicians had of being "soft on Communism." This fear led to President Kennedy sending military advisors to South Vietnam. When the Communists continued to win the war this fear cause President Johnson to send combat troops to South Vietnam.
In retrospect it should be obvious that the danger of Communism was over estimated during the Cold War. There never was a danger of a Communist dictatorship being established in the United States. The danger was of a nuclear war that would have ended civilization.
