Murdoch feared Fox News hosts went ‘too far’ on Trump election lie, files show
by David Smith in Washington and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#69K6K)
Email from billionaire mogul among reams of new evidence unsealed in defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems
Rupert Murdoch said Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham maybe went too far" in their coverage of Donald Trump's voter fraud lie, according to an email submitted as evidence in a defamation lawsuit brought by an election operations company.
Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News for $1.6bn, accusing the cable TV network of amplifying debunked allegations that their voting machines were used to rig the 2020 US presidential election against Trump, in favour of Joe Biden.
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