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Faced with a costly lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems—settled for nearly $800 million—Fox purportedly chose to settle rather than face potentially damaging testimony from their own top hosts like Tucker Carlson. Internal emails reveal that Fox’s anchors, recognizing the falsehood of the claims, believed their own audience was being misled but decided to push the narratives anyway, primarily out of fear of losing viewers to other alternative outlets like Newsmax.
The speaker suggests that Fox’s motivations highlight their primary allegiance to their business interests over truth. Unlike other broadcasters, Fox’s coverage of voter fraud and election irregularities was driven by a desire to protect their niche, not necessarily to inform.