Cov tswvcuab ntawm Sawv thiab Tawm Tsam koom nrog lawv txhua lub limtiam "Qhov Tseeb Tuesday" tawm tsam ntawm News Corp lub hauv paus chaw haujlwm thaum Lub Ob Hlis 21, 2023 hauv New York City.
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Hma liab Corp. Tus Thawj Kav Tebchaws Rupert Murdoch tau hais tias qee qhov chaw thauj mus los ntawm lub tuam txhab TV network tau hais txog kev dag ntxias dag hauv lub hlis tom qab kev xaiv tsa xyoo 2020, raws li cov ntaub ntawv tshiab hauv tsev hais plaub tawm hnub Monday.
Hauv cov ntaub ntawv tshiab ua ib feem ntawm Dominion Voting Systems '$ 1.6 billion foob foob pob tawm tsam Fox thiab nws cov tes hauj lwm, Murdoch tau hais tias nws tsis ntseeg qhov kev xaiv tsa kev dag ntxias tau tshaj tawm rau Fox News thiab Fox Business Network.
Murdoch kuj tau lees paub tias Fox's TV hosts tau pom zoo qhov kev xaiv tsa tsis raug cai. Hauv kev nthuav tawm cov lus nug thiab cov lus teb los ntawm Murdoch qhov kev tso tawm, thaum Murdoch raug nug yog tias nws "tam sim no paub tias Fox tau pom zoo rau lub sijhawm no qhov kev xav tsis tseeb ntawm kev xaiv tsa raug nyiag," Murdoch teb tias, "Tsis yog Fox, tsis yog. Tsis yog Fox. Tab sis tej zaum Lou Dobbs, tej zaum Maria [Bartiromo] yog cov neeg tawm tswv yim. "
Murdoch tau hais hauv nws cov lus teb thaum lub sijhawm tso tawm. "Lawv pom zoo."
Dominion foob Fox thiab nws txoj cai-tis cable tes hauj lwm, Fox News thiab Fox Business, sib cav txog cov tes hauj lwm thiab nws tus kheej ua cov lus tsis tseeb tias nws cov tshuab pov npav rigged cov txiaj ntsig ntawm 2020 kev xaiv tsa. Fox News tsis tu ncua tsis lees paub tias nws yeej paub qhov tsis tseeb hais txog kev xaiv tsa, thiab tau hais tias "qhov tseem ceeb ntawm rooj plaub no tseem nyob ntawm kev ywj pheej ntawm kev tshaj xov xwm thiab kev ywj pheej ntawm kev hais lus."
Nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub ua ntej, Fox tau hais tias xyoo dhau los ntawm kev tshawb pom tau qhia tias lub tuam txhab tau ua "tsis muaj lub luag haujlwm hauv kev tsim thiab tshaj tawm cov lus sib tw - tag nrho cov uas tau tshaj tawm rau Fox Business Network lossis Fox News Channel."
Murdoch thiab nws tus tub, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch, nrog rau Fox tus thawj saib xyuas kev cai lij choj thiab txoj cai Viet Dinh, raug nug nyob rau hauv kev twb kev txuas nrog rau kev foob nyob rau hauv lub hli tsis ntev los no. Ua ntej lub Ob Hlis cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub raug tso tawm uas qhia snippets ntawm cov pov thawj Dominion tau sau los ntawm cov txheej txheem ntev-ntev ntawm kev tshawb pom thiab kev tso nyiaj, uas tseem suav nrog Fox TV tus kheej.
Cov ntawv xov xwm thiab cov lus pov thawj tau qhia Fox cov thawj coj thiab Fox's TV thauj tog rau nkoj tau tsis ntseeg txog cov lus thov tias kev xaiv tsa ntawm Joe Biden, Democrat, thiab Trump, Republican, raug rigged.
Dominion tau hais nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub tau foob hnub Monday tias Fox tiv thaiv tias cov lus tau hais yog kev xav "mus mus qhov twg."
Dominion tau hais tias "Txawm hais tias qee qhov ntawm Fox tus tswv tsev cov lus tuaj yeem tsim nyog raws li 'kev xav,' lawv tseem tuaj yeem ua tau yog tias-raws li ntawm no-lawv ua raws li qhov tsis tseeb lossis tsis tau qhia tawm," Dominion tau hais.
Tus neeg sawv cev rau Fox News tau rov hais dua nyob rau hauv tsab ntawv tshaj tawm hnub Monday tias Dominion mischaracterized qhov tseeb los ntawm cherry-xaiv soundbites: "Thaum Dominion tsis mischaracterizing txoj cai, nws yog mischaracterizing qhov tseeb."
Fox kuj tau tsom Dominion tus tswv lag luam ntiag tug hauv tsev hais plaub cov ntaub ntawv hais txog Dominion qhov kev thov rau $ 1.6 nphom hauv kev puas tsuaj, hais tias lub tuam txhab "them ib feem me me ntawm cov nyiaj ntawd" los yuav Dominion. Fox kuj tau hais hauv cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub tias $ 1.6 billion daim duab tsis muaj feem cuam tshuam rau Dominion tus nqi nyiaj txiag.
"Dominion qhov kev foob yeej ib txwm muaj ntau ntxiv txog dab tsi yuav tsim cov xov xwm tshaj li qhov uas tuaj yeem tiv thaiv kev cai lij choj thiab qhov tseeb, raws li tau piav qhia los ntawm lawv tam sim no raug yuam kom txiav lawv cov kev puas tsuaj txaus ntshai los ntawm ntau dua li ib nrab lab daus las tom qab lawv tus kheej cov kws tshaj lij debunked nws cov lus tsis txaus siab, "tus kws tshaj lij Fox tau hais hauv nqe lus hnub Monday. "Lawv cov ntsiab lus txiav txim siab tau coj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, tsis pom zoo ntawm txoj cai lij choj hais phem uas yuav tiv thaiv cov neeg sau xov xwm los ntawm kev tshaj tawm thiab lawv cov kev siv zog rau pej xeem smear rau FOX rau kev npog thiab tawm tswv yim txog kev iab liam los ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm ntawm Tebchaws Meskas yuav tsum lees paub tias nws yog dab tsi: kev ua txhaum loj heev ntawm Thawj Kev Hloov Kho. "
Ib tus kws tshaj lij ntawm Dominion tau hais rau hnub Monday, "Qhov kev thov puas tsuaj tseem nyob. Raws li Fox paub zoo, peb cov kev puas tsuaj ntau dua $ 1.6 nphom. "
Dominion tau coj nws qhov kev foob tsis yog tawm tsam TV network nkaus xwb, tab sis niam txiv lub tuam txhab Fox Corp., sib cav cov tuam txhab niam txiv thiab nws cov thawj coj tau ua lub luag haujlwm hauv kev nthuav tawm cov ntaub ntawv tsis raug txog kev dag ntxias los ntawm Fox tus kheej. Tus kws txiav txim plaub hauv Delaware tau txiav txim Dominion cov ntaub ntawv tuaj yeem nthuav dav dhau ntawm cov tes hauj lwm kom suav nrog Fox Corp.
Hnub Monday cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub qhia Murdoch thiab lwm tus thawj coj Fox tseem nyob ze rau Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott thaum lub sijhawm xaiv tsa.
“Kuv yog ib tug neeg sau xov xwm hauv siab. Kuv nyiam koom nrog cov no, ”Murdoch tau hais thaum lub sijhawm nws cov lus pov thawj tso, raws li cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub.
Tucker Carlson, tus tswv tsev ntawm "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses rau cov duab hauv Fox News Channel studio, hauv New York.
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Cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub yav dhau los tau qhia txog cov thauj tog rau nkoj saum toj kawg nkaus suav nrog Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson thiab Laura Ingraham qhia kev tsis ntseeg hauv Sidney Powell, tus kws lij choj pro-Trump uas aggressively txhawb kev thov ntawm kev dag ntxias, thaum lub sijhawm.
Paul Ryan, yav dhau los Republican tus neeg hais lus ntawm Lub Tsev thiab tus tswv cuab ntawm Fox pawg thawj coj, kuj tau zaum rau kev nug raws li ib feem ntawm kev foob. Cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub tawm hnub Monday qhia Ryan tau hais tias "cov kev xav sib koom ua ke no tsis muaj tseeb," thiab hais tias lub network "yuav tsum ua haujlwm kom tshem tawm cov kev xav sib koom ua ke yog tias thiab thaum twg lawv tshwm sim."
Ryan kuj tau hais rau Rupert thiab Lachlan Murdoch "tias Fox News yuav tsum tsis txhob tshaj tawm txoj kev sib koom ua ke," raws li cov ntaub ntawv.
Dominion liam tias Fox News anchors tau muaj kev ntxhov siab los ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib thiab cuam tshuam rau cov kev sib tw sab xis xws li Newsmax, ua rau muaj kev dag ntxias hauv huab cua.
Cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub kuj tau pom lwm qhov pom ntawm lub network sab hauv teb rau cov xwm txheej uas tshwm sim Thaum Lub Ib Hlis Ntuj Tim 6, 2021, hnub uas cov neeg ua phem ua phem rau US Capitol hauv kev txhawb nqa ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump thaum ntawd.
Fox cov thawj coj kaw Trump qhov kev sim los tshwm sim hauv lub network huab cua yav tsaus ntuj, tom qab nws hu rau hauv huab cua tus cwj pwm Lou Dobbs 'kev ua yeeb yam thaum tav su, cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub qhia.
Tib hmo ntawd, Carlson tau xa ntawv mus rau nws tus tsim khoom hu Trump "tus dab phem quab yuam. Ib tug destroyer. Tab sis nws yuav tsis rhuav tshem peb, "hais txog Fox lub network thiab nws cov neeg tuaj saib, cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub qhia.
Lub caij no, hmo ua ntej Lub Ib Hlis 6, cov ntaub ntawv hauv tsev hais plaub tau tshwm sim, Murdoch hais rau Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott, "nws tau hais tias peb lub sijhawm tseem ceeb peb yuav tsum tau ywj siab lossis ua ke hais qee yam xws li 'kev xaiv tsa dhau los thiab Joe Biden yeej.'"
Qhov kev foob tau raug saib xyuas los ntawm First Amendment watchdogs thiab cov kws tshaj lij. Libel kev foob feem ntau yog tsom rau ib qho kev dag ntxias, tab sis qhov no Dominion hais txog cov npe ntev ntawm cov piv txwv ntawm Fox TV hosts ua cov lus tsis tseeb txawm tias tom qab lawv tau raug pov thawj tias tsis muaj tseeb. Cov tuam txhab xov xwm feem ntau muaj kev tiv thaiv dav dav los ntawm Thawj Hloov Kho.
Lub rooj sib tham xwm txheej nyob rau hauv rooj plaub tau teem tseg rau lub lim tiam tom ntej, thiab qhov kev sim siab tau teem sijhawm pib thaum nruab nrab Lub Plaub Hlis.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/27/rupert-murdoch-dominion-case-deposition.html