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Damning new evidence puts Fox on defense in case over election lies

The Beat with Ari Melber

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Murdoch's Culpability in a Libel Trial

Murdoch is trying to have it both ways, right? He's saying the numbers were the numbers on election night. In other words, we knew that Joe Biden won the election but also admitting that some of his hosts were endorsing a lie about the election results. Asked whether he could have put a stop to that, he says quite emphatically Emily, I could have but I didn't. If that was a Perry Mason trial that you and I were watching on on fictional TV, we'd say well you don't usually get a confession like that. It's interesting maybe he thinks he's saying I was hands off. That's the proper role for a CEO to play with a big media

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