now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were false at the time which paved the way and built the support for many of the people who then showed up at the election. the company hit with this billion dollar lawsuit. weaver covered that before on this program, from a voting company that alleged defamation. this is the top
now. mind bending. they are. they are. see you soon. welcome, everyone, to the beat. i m ari melber. the top story is the earthquake rocking the fox news empire. a lawsuit putting pressure on fox for the first time, puper murdoch who s wielded power and enjoyed it, and he s said so for about seven decades. do you like the feeling of power you have? yes. murdoch deploys fox news and his tabloids with that power that he admits he enjoys, to shape and sometimes all but run america s republican party and impact conservative discourse in this country. now he s under legal pressure because fox aired falsehoods and lies about the 2020 election. and allegedly pushed the specific lies they knew were
appointing people whom i trust. look what he did there. people thought he was cornered on that one, but he and his powerful son there don t know and don t have direct knowledge. that s a weasely term that could mean any number of things and as you see, he maintains his power in any number of countries. they didn t really get him. although some other people did pay for what they did at that tabloid. now murdoch faces more hard evidence. the lawyers he faces in today s deposition allege he fed the false story line in america this his anchors repeatedly and knowingly lied about the fraud, recklessly disregarding the truth, and that murdoch knew but encouraged on-air personalities to perpetuate the base his claims and lies and that he, murdoch, called the shots directly. they allege he was in the loop on this. dominion came under heavy fire after allegations that their machines caused thousands
imagine someone like sean hannity trying to duck here, and say his job is to interview the president s lawyer, and maybe he doesn t know what s true. you can only dodge so much under oath, and let me tell you this in your special report tonight. hannity has come out on this and thrown trump people turned bus, reportedly admitting when it comes to the trump claims on the election lie, i did not believe it for one second. that very newsworthy admission and headline is from this case. hannity forced into that under oath under the same process mr. murdoch is now facing. looks damning. how do we tie this all together tonight? this matters. there might not be one solution or lyric to slum it all up, although in sly fox , nas warned, what s the fox characteristic? fox relies on the idiot box when