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February 28, 2023

Rupert Murdoch Admits Fox Hosts Endorsed Election Lies to Boost Network Profits
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Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, has admitted under oath that many
hosts on his network "endorsed" Donald Trump's false claims about the
2020 election. Murdoch also admitted it was "wrong" for Fox to keep
interviewing pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, the CEO of My
Pillow. But Murdoch suggested it was done for financial, not political
reasons. Murdoch said, "It is not red or blue, it is green." Murdoch
made the remarks in a deposition as part of a $1.6 billion defamation
lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox. In a new court
filing, Dominion also revealed that Murdoch had given Trump's son-in-law
Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden's campaign ads, along
with debate strategy during the campaign.