In a new lawsuit, former Fox News producer Jason Donner is claiming that Fox wrongfully fired him for his opposition to the network’s false stories about the 2020 election and the January 6 insurrection. The lawsuit alleges that Fox’s stated reason in a human resources meeting for firing Donner that he had not shown up for work, seemingly after calling in sick when recovering from a COVID-19 vaccine dose was really a flimsy pretext for a political retaliation. Furthermore, the lawsuit claims that even this rationale was illegal, as it violated a D.C. law mandating that employers allow workers to use paid sick leave for such occasions. Donner’s lawsuit must be placed in the context of other litigation the network has faced since the 2020 election. In April, Fox News agreed to a $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems after a judge ruled that the network had spread the lie that the company’s voting machines had been used to steal the 2020 presidential election. T