Breaking: New Court Document Leak Reveals
Driving Force Behind Fox News’ Decision
to ‘Move On’ from Trump
Trending Politics,
by
Kyle Becker
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
4/25/2023 4:49:16 AM
A new court document leak from the lawsuit between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems sheds new light on the network’s decision to ‘move on’ from Donald Trump.
The document leak comes amidst a significant shakeup to the talent aired on the network. Tucker Carlson, the most-watched host on primetime cable news, was pushed out of his position as host of the flagship show on the network in the 8 P.M. slot.While Fox News did not provide immediate explanation about why the network decided to part ways with its top primetime host Tucker Carlson, reports began to surface that Rupert Murdoch was behind the decision.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Miceal 4/25/2023 5:15:18 AM (No. 1455642)
When the truth of the 2020 elections comes out, will the dolts at the FNC issue apologies to President Trump, Mike Lidnell, Tucker Carlson, and all the rest of the folks who called the fraud and were pilloried for same? 2000 Mules MAGA
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
BarryNo 4/25/2023 5:21:57 AM (No. 1455644)
I have a feeling Epps is the key.
Don't be surprised if Eps has an Epstein moment if they get too close.
Interesting that "Eps" and "Epstein" names are so similar.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
nina584 4/25/2023 5:22:16 AM (No. 1455645)
The idiots (Murdochs)at fox think Ryan and Jonah Goldberg represent the republicans who watch their channel. Those are two most despised people by the republican base. They are both rejected widely and are responsible for the demise of whatever they are involved in. I will not watch their network and I am not alone.
186 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
5 handicap 4/25/2023 5:26:32 AM (No. 1455650)
Paul Ryan should should be tried for TREASON and the Murdocks should be relegated back to the third world S-Hole they came from! Is everyone else DONE with FOXNews?
169 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
BirdsNest 4/25/2023 6:06:19 AM (No. 1455662)
I have been done with Fox for over 10 yrs.
74 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
petrichor 4/25/2023 6:26:30 AM (No. 1455666)
The truth behind the 2020 election will never come out. Far too many people actually think there were 83 million Biden voters.
107 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
spacer 4/25/2023 6:38:50 AM (No. 1455668)
Too bad the Murdoch's couldn't have a front door social meeting of the kind Tucker and his family got from the antifa blm sewage.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Chiritwo 4/25/2023 6:42:49 AM (No. 1455669)
No one has ever explained why the republican vote counters were told to go home at 10 pm because they were finished for the day. President Trump was winning in a landslide - we wake up the next morning to a biden win??? The election was stolen, simple as that. No amount of cover up by Ryan etc will change that.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Venturer 4/25/2023 6:52:59 AM (No. 1455673)
We all know the truth about the Biden election.
The problem is with the Judiciary, the Supreme Court, and the Democrat party.
125 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Right Time 4/25/2023 7:17:27 AM (No. 1455677)
How can election fraud be denied when the vote count exceeds the number of REGISTERED VOTERS?
And that doesn't even include the fact that some large number of registered voters are deceased or are not residents/have moved away.
Yet Paul Ryan argues strenuously that there was no election fraud in 2020 that affected the outcome? The same Paul Ryan who as Speaker of the House singlehandedly prevented President Trump from obtaining funding to Build the Wall and to void Obamacare? Ryan is a Deep State traitor.
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Dominion IS a huge problem. They need to be taken OUT of the electoral process. They are as phony as a Biden Voter and their “System” is internet driven (I have proof) and totally not secure. When is someone going to stand up to them? The Murdoch’s certainly did not.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
minuteman 4/25/2023 7:23:48 AM (No. 1455681)
Every rational person on the planet knows Trump won.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
valinva 4/25/2023 7:26:14 AM (No. 1455683)
So, it was little "Eddie Munster" Ryan that pushed to have Carlson removed from the network. Did nothing to advance Conservatism as Speaker of the House. Did nothing to advance Conservatism as Vice Presidential candidate. Now he pushes to have Fox News become a voice for anti-Conservatism.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Lazyman 4/25/2023 7:28:12 AM (No. 1455685)
2,4,7, CNN, MSN and now Fox all part of the Establishment and crony capitalism.
71 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Strike3 4/25/2023 7:52:45 AM (No. 1455701)
The number of viewers that Fox has lost across the board over this bad decision will shock even the people who are expecting bad news. Americans are in no mood to knuckle under to communists, perverts and morons.
101 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 4/25/2023 7:53:03 AM (No. 1455702)
I don't imagine that Bartiromo, Varney, and Hannity are very pleased with this outcome. But they know better and will remain silent under orders from Rupie.
Fox News just did its very best to mimic the Bud Light debacle.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
bpl40 4/25/2023 7:59:19 AM (No. 1455703)
Near total 100% Fox watchers are from the 75 million citizens who voted for and intend to vote for Trump. So 'move on' brings the question move to where?? This decision is rivaling Budweiser Light.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
msjena 4/25/2023 8:12:27 AM (No. 1455714)
Murdoch was apparently concerned about more lawsuits. Paying nearly a billion dollars in settlement brings the plaintiffs lawyers out of the woodwork. All of what was said about Dominion was opinion--supposedly not actionable under the defamation laws. There is also, in my opinion, a problem with a big company like Dominion, well able to rebut claims of election tampering, using the defamation laws to silence news media and individuals, like Mike Lindell. How, exactly, was Dominion damaged? I think it was Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black who thought that defamation laws were unconstitutional under the First Amendment. Unless someone can get the Supreme Court to weigh in on baseless lawsuits against conservatives voices, this will continue. But it costs a lot of money and there is a lot of risk in defending awsuits like this. If it was too much for Fox, it will probably be too much for anyone.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
smokincol 4/25/2023 8:14:34 AM (No. 1455718)
what the hell are they talking about ..... they abandoned our President on election day in 2020, who's kidding who, the Murdochs are not the kind of people I thought they were
looks like I'm moving on from Fox
62 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
nerdowell 4/25/2023 8:19:47 AM (No. 1455723)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall that Dominion ever
agreed to a full audit of the results their system. They hid behind a claim that
their software was proprietary, and refused to share it.
How can a private claim of intellectual property prevail against the collective interests of
an entire nation in an election it was conducting? By assuming a governmental role in doing
the public's business, wasn't it obliged to submit to the same public scrutiny as any other government
entity? They never disproved fox's claims, so how could they claim defamation?
More and more I suspect collusion between the parties, but I can't think of a reason other than that they are one
and the same.
59 people like this.
Reply 21 - Posted by:
David Key 4/25/2023 8:23:12 AM (No. 1455726)
Sniff Sniff....do I smell an aura of failure rising from the corpse of Fox News? Are we in the middle of another serious misunderstanding of the Fox Audience like Budweiser? Has Fox already taken a serious financial hit with the news that their biggest draw was fired. Reminds me of Project Veritas and their firing of the reason anybody watched and listened to them. They say a fish rots and stinks from the head first. If so we see how the Murdoch's and Ryan who have stunk for decades are taking down Fox News. You don't have to support Trump to be an impartial news reporting outlet. Fox has now sunk down to CNN's status.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Yuban 4/25/2023 8:25:38 AM (No. 1455728)
Simple, move on and away from Fox news.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Jebediah 4/25/2023 8:28:53 AM (No. 1455733)
Have to admit I am shocked that Rupert Murdoch had anything to do with Tucker's firing----I really thought it was Lachlan. Have to admit (and am an ex Wisconsinite so SHOULD like the man) that it is the Paul Ryan influence that has really hit me: a man whom REPUBLICANS did not want in office who now has substantially more power that if he had been elected! (And as to Jan. 6th, I was not a regular Tucker watcher and dud not always agree with him, but was very happy to know that he would air what others were afraid of: there ARE legitimate questions about Jan. 6th, such as why did Pelosi, in writing, turn down National Guard help prior to the date, why were Capitol police opening doors and urging citizens to enter the Capitol, why were people who never went inside and were peacefully standing OUTSIDE, gathered up and prosecuted, why were these people kept in cells for over a year without trial and when there WAS a trial why were so many cases dismissed as without foundation. Most of all, re: the recent 60 Minutes interview with the MAJOR "y'all come" proponent, why was THAT question never asked (don't tell me: it was "60 Minutes") when it was THE most obvious one. And why was this man never arrested, while peaceful 80 year old ladies outside were arrested and jailed. I think Rupert Murdoch (still shocked) has made a grave mistake re: Fox. We were already losing trust in the Network, and now............
58 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
janjan 4/25/2023 8:54:07 AM (No. 1455755)
How laughable that Fox is taking business advice from Paul Ryan. If Ryan had any business sense at all, and he doesn’t, he might understand that businesses need customers. No customers, no advertising. No advertising, no business. Ryan’s true agenda is to protect the GOP establishment cabal and Tucker was getting way too close to the mark. Fox News’ audience are not loyal. It was a lukewarm alternative to CNN and MSNBC. Dump Trump. Dump Tucker. See what you have left.
43 people like this.
Reply 25 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 4/25/2023 9:05:22 AM (No. 1455762)
Paul Ryan's hands are all over Tucker's firing. Revenge is best served cold, Paul.
33 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
Italiano 4/25/2023 9:08:32 AM (No. 1455770)
If there is anything funny about this Fox News dumpster fire, it's hearing that Paul Ryan considers himself to be part of the "conservative movement." Who is his second in command, Jeb or Mitt? Liz Cheney?
50 people like this.
Reply 27 - Posted by:
red1066 4/25/2023 9:20:14 AM (No. 1455777)
Maybe Paul Ryan's neighbor was on to something by beating the snot out of him. At this moment, if these allegations are true, Paul Ryan now has 75 million more people who want to beat the snot out of him.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Jebediah 4/25/2023 9:33:26 AM (No. 1455789)
Poster #27, it was RAND PAUL whose neighbor attacked him as he was mowing his lawn. And it was/is Ray Epps who was on 60 Minutes and who has never been charged....nor has Pelosi's cop who killed the unarmed woman attempting to enter the Capitol. As to Paul Ryan, he has made Rupert Murdoch the Bud Light of cable news.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Muguy 4/25/2023 9:37:53 AM (No. 1455795)
Paul Ryano has asserted himself as the presumptive HEAD RINO now that McPain is gone, Benedict Turtle is on the ropes, and Mittens has the respect of VERY FEW Conservatives.
The excellent books by Peter Schweitzer "Secret Empires", "Red Handed" and "Profiles in Corruption show what is happening: they are turning on their base of remaining viewers and tripling down, and those who take investigative journalism away from a SET corporate paradigm will be jettisoned.
Sean Hannity plays a "Conservative" but to his credit he does have on some who are not in fairness, but when he needs someone to fill time, he calls on his old pall Lyndsey Grahamesty and others who are just "shuckin' and jivin'" at re-election time.
The corporate media and those who are 'journolists' seek to BURY the illegal acts perpetrated in the 2020 election and the psy-op J6 operation. The judicial system in in 'collusion' by not taking cases when there is evidence to be heard, effectively "no billing" important information that MUST at ALL COSTS be hidden away and myths held as truth.
After the 2020 coup and the J6 'insurrection', I never watched ANYTHING on Fox news except Tucker Carlson. Now they have lost even that advertising demographic.
Tucker and Dan Bongino are likely out because of their relentless search for the TRUTH even if it ticks off the suits, and will probably go on to other things and so their voices will not be silenced.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
formerNYer 4/25/2023 9:40:05 AM (No. 1455797)
treat Fox news like budweiser.
29 people like this.
Reply 31 - Posted by:
broken01 4/25/2023 9:44:32 AM (No. 1455801)
Bud Lite Executives: "Let's lose billions of dollars by trashing our base customers by catering to forces who are out to destroy the country."
Fox News Corp Owner and Executives: "Hold my beer!" -Bud Lite.
26 people like this.
Reply 32 - Posted by:
SweetSweetback 4/25/2023 9:45:38 AM (No. 1455804)
The Murdochs are Bud Light stupid!
Kill the golden goose; iceberg’d into oblivion
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
uforabin 4/25/2023 9:58:33 AM (No. 1455815)
If Paul Ryan feels that he is a protector of the conservative movement, then I no longer have a sense of what conservatism is. It seems he’s embarrassed by people like Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson, Rush Limbaugh, and others who are/were out there every day publically fighting for our values. Paul Ryan is a manipulative coward on the same level as any liberal news executive working against exposing the truth.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Trapper 4/25/2023 10:09:14 AM (No. 1455826)
Conspiracy theory that Trump was being spied on by the FBI during the 2016 campaign. Oh, right, he was.
Conspiracy theory that Russia Russia Russia was a hoax concocted by the Clinton campaign that the FBI ran with. Oh, right, it was.
Conspiracy theory that the "51 intelligence agents" was a concocted fabulation. Oh, right, it was.
Conspiracy theory that there was an internal plot within the DOJ/FBI to take down the Trump presidency. Oh, right, there was.
Conspiracy theory that the 2020 election victory was stolen in the dead of night on election night. Uh.....
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
DVC 4/25/2023 10:22:29 AM (No. 1455834)
I hope they move on from profitability, too.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 4/25/2023 10:28:52 AM (No. 1455846)
Paul Ryan was the worst Republican Speaker in my lifetime - even worse than cryin' drunk/toker Boehner. He's been out to "move on from Trump" since before the 2016 election. I despise him.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 4/25/2023 11:29:03 AM (No. 1455886)
787 million dollars. That's a lot of money.
Did Dominion prove 787 million in damages? Doubtful. Guess it is 'punitive'. Only way this got approved was through a state-controlled judge.
787 million is retaliation as well as a warning. Next company that defies the state will be declaring bankruptcy because the next fine will be higher. Don't expect anyone in the media to be defying the state after this. Don't be surprised if Trump back down now too. What's the price to bankrupt Trump?
Fox is putting on a good show by firing Carlson and his producer. The Murdochs had to know what Carlson was working on and approved it. It would be incompetence if they didn't. Bet the Murdoch's took Carlson's investigation of Dominion and presented it to some retired judges and prosecutors for their input. If anyone had cried foul, they would have pulled the plug on the story. Very likely Carlson did prove the election was stolen, and the government retaliated in return.
As for Paul Ryan, he is the state's representative at Fox News. This is what 'state run' looks like. Bet every large corporation now has a 'state representative' telling them what to think and what to do. They are a silent threat what will happen if the corporation defies the state.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Zigrid 4/25/2023 11:40:58 AM (No. 1455892)
Something's not right with this whole affair...and now...Susan Rice is leaving the White House...what's that all about...just in time for the big announcement on the 2024 election candidates...if it's right...as reported yesterday on Newsmax...Murdock has a real hatred for President Trump...and Tucker Carson's quest for the truth...seems to have caused concern with Murdock when Carlson would not tow the company lie about Epps....and the 2020 election fraud...it may also clear up the Jan6 debacle ...something the democrats don't want....they have illegally jailed Americans and are responsible for 2 years of their lives being wasted...so let the hostages go...
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
Kate318 4/25/2023 11:41:56 AM (No. 1455893)
What did it take for you, Paul? Threats, bribery or intimidation?
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When were they ever with or for Trump? They made that pretty clear in 2016 with their wishy washy coverage of the campaign. If Epps ever decides the best course of action to save himself is to talk, he will be Epsteined, no doubt about that.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
red1066 4/25/2023 2:18:58 PM (No. 1455983)
Of course, it was #28. I got confused by the Paul part. Excuse my mistake. However, I stand by the 75 million people who want to beat the snot out of Paul Ryan part if indeed he had a part in getting Tucker kicked off Fox.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Bixter 4/25/2023 2:32:54 PM (No. 1455994)
#4.....Yes, I'm done with Fox totally. I used to only watch Jesse, Tucker and Hannity, but no more. I'm through with Fox. I'll never forget the smug smirk on Brett Baier's face on election night when he announced Arizona as going for Biden, about 2 minutes after the polls close.
It's Newsmax all the time now. (Now if they would cut back on the GD "My Pillow" commercials I'd be a happy camper).
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
danu 4/25/2023 9:09:13 PM (No. 1456306)
fox whoz? merde-ocks beautiful laundrette hands over the most gargantuan election contribution on earth....
to ' save' both the election machinery, and FJB?
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
BluesClues 4/25/2023 9:22:01 PM (No. 1456313)
It's freakin' amazing, perhaps demoralizing, that they consider Trump supporters and supporters of Truth rather than narrative, to be so insignificant. It's as if they say,
"who gives a f**k about what they think. We're going to do the evil thing because we think it'll make us more money. And they can whine all they want, but we'll be laughing all the way to the bank".
Is this really what they think? Are we really insignificant? Is it all about money? Jeez man, something is going on bigger than I ever imagined.
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