So, according to the New York Times, the evening anchors on Fox News knew that Trump’s election excuses, including the Smartmatic voting machines, were utter bullsh*t, and yet they went on the air and argued those exact same excuses made the election invalid or “rigged.” There are texts between Hannity, Tucker, and Ingraham mocking Trump’s terrible excuses.

They were just like us. They knew he was a liar and that his lawyers were repeating his ridiculous assertions and yet made him that much more dangerous, validating his lies to their viewers (Who, to this day, say the election was rigged). Dominion voting machines, the lead plaintiff in lawsuits against Fox, has the evidence that could win their lawsuit right now. But they will want a jury to assign the damages. Juries are free to go above what Plaintiffs ask. (It happens) Perhaps the jury will decide that $1.6 billion isn’t enough and go straight to $2 billion, given the evidence and vigor with which they lied about Dominion.

From the Times:

Hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham, as well as others at the company, repeatedly insulted and mocked Trump advisers, including Sidney Powell and Rudolph W. Giuliani, in messages with each other in the weeks after the election, according to a legal filing made public on Thursday in a defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion Voting Systems.

“Sidney Powell is lying by the way. I caught her. It’s insane,” Mr. Carlson wrote to Ms. Ingraham on Nov. 18, 2020. Ms. Ingraham responded: “Sidney is a complete nut. No one will work with her. Ditto with Rudy.” Mr. Carlson continued, “Our viewers are good people and they believe it,” he added, making clear that he did not.

Dominion’s goal, aside from convincing a jury that Fox knowingly spread lies, is to build a case that points straight to the top of the Fox media empire and its founding family: the Murdochs. “Fox knew,” the Dominion filing declares. “From the top down, Fox knew.”

Murdoch is only going to put up with this dump for so long, and the more that people start to take Dominion’s lead, the more lawsuits will be filed, and the damages will add up because there are so many lies spread throughout the evening broadcast shows. He might decide he’s sucked as much money out of the enterprise as possible and sell Fox News while keeping Fox Network for the NFL and some decent shows.

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