Crikey examines Rupert Murdoch’s admission that Fox News hosts ‘endorsed’ US election lie

Lawyers consider implications of patriarch's testimony as they prepare to fight defamation suit brought by Lachlan Murdoch

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Lawyers for Crikey, which is being sued for defamation by Lachlan Murdoch, are considering the implications for its defence of the admission by Rupert Murdoch that Fox News hosts endorsed Donald Trump's lie that the 2020 US election was stolen.

Crikey's publisher Private Media has confirmed the deposition in the US defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News is being examined by its legal team ahead of Crikey's defence being filed next month, but declined to comment further.

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