In a court filing, Dominion asked a judge to decide the case in its favour because, it said, Fox News had “produced no evidence – none, zero – supporting those lies. Fox also accused Dominion of “a blatant violation of the first amendment” to the US constitution, which guarantees press freedom. Dominion said Fox News was claiming “a first amendment license to knowingly spread lies” and said: “If Fox cared about the truth that it now acknowledges, Fox would have its top personalities reporting that truth to its audience. Last month, the Harvard law professor Laurence H Tribe told the Guardian: “I have never seen a defamation case with such overwhelming proof that the defendant admitted in writing that it was making up fake information in order to increase its viewership and its revenues. Fox News said: “Mr Murdoch forwarded an already-publicly available Biden campaign ad which was available on YouTube and had even run on public airwaves.

Source: Fox News March 09, 2023 19:34 UTC