The Verge
The Fox News defamation case might be almost as entertaining as Succession
Logan Roy wishes! | Image: PG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Everything’s coming up Murdoch! Succession is back, Dominion Voting Systems won’t drop its suit, and our boy Rupert may be open to further [LCD sound system voice] discovery, discovery, discovery.
I am personally thrilled about this trial because I am a longtime Murdoch watcher. I love having more details about Rupert et al. blasted into the public sphere. This family, which owns News Corp, lurks over American journalism like Dracula’s brides over Jonathan Harker. This defamation suit is maybe the most serious challenge to their power in America I’ve seen so far.
Winning a defamation case is hard and expensive; usually people settle
The central claim of Dominion’s $1.6 billion suit is that Fox executives and hosts knew that the election...