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Rupert Murdoch's media empire under threat of costly lawsuit

2022-12-13T19:29:15.336Z


STORY – His Fox News channel is being sued for defamation. The plaintiff is claiming $1.6 billion in damages.


On this wintery Tuesday in New York State, 91-year-old Rupert Murdoch comes to defend the honor of the company he has built throughout his life.

Its continuous news channel, Fox News, the first in the country, is once again at the heart of all the scandals.

By videoconference from his luxurious apartment in the Manhattan district, the media billionaire gave his testimony under oath to the battery of lawyers from Dominion Voting Systems.

This technology company, which supplied voting machines to twenty-eight American states during the 2020 presidential election, is suing the chain, its parent company Fox Corp and its owner for defamation.

She claims $ 1.6 billion in damages from them for relaying unfounded allegations that her voting machines were

"rigged",

and had been used to participate in

"stealing"

the victory from Donald Trump, for the benefit of Joe Biden .

Read alsoAccused of relaying conspiracy theories, Fox News again attacked for defamation

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Source: lefigaro

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