On Friday, August 26, 2022 at 8:39:55 AM UTC-7, DirtBag wrote:
FOX NEWS PERPETUATED LIES ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, NOW FACES LAWSUIT
FOX news faces a lawsuit from the voting machine company Smartmatic for intentionally spreading false information and conspiracies of election fraud while knowing these claims were unfounded.
A New York state judge said on Tuesday that Smartmatic, a voting machine company, can pursue its $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit claiming that Fox News Network, Rudolph Giuliani and others falsely accused the Smatmatic of rigging the 2020 U.S.
presidential election.
Smartmatic accused the defendants of turning it into a "villain" by fabricating a story that its technology helped Biden steal the 2020 election from Trump, doing irreparable damage to the business’ reputation.
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The Florida-based company said Fox News did this to boost ratings, cater to Trump supporters, and avoid losing viewers to smaller, right-wing networks Newsmax and One America News.
The court rejected Rupert Murdoch's Fox Corp’s attempt to have the claims against them dismissed.
The New York Judge reviewing the lawsuit, Cohen, found a "substantial basis" for the claim that Fox News "turned a blind eye to a litany of outrageous claims about [Smartmatic], unprecedented in the history of American elections, so inherently
improbable that it evinced a reckless disregard for the truth."
The evidence that Fox turned a blind eye actually comes from comments made by Tucker Carlson, FOX’s most popular host, who denounced conspiracy theories perpetuated by Sidney Powell who accused Smartmatic of rigging the 2020 election. Though he
denounced her allegations, other Fox News hosts continued to air those claims, indicating that FOX willingly perpetuated fake news in order to increase viewership.
Fox (FAKE) News needs to be destroyed. Tucker Carlson should have his tongue cut out.
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