Lachlan Murdoch Compares CNN’s Donald Trump Town Hall To Fox News’s Coverage Of His Unfounded Election Claims: “If You Believe That Is Newsworthy In 2023, Well Certainly It Was … In 2020”
Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch compared CNN’s town hall last week with Donald Trump to Fox News’ post-2020 election coverage, the source of the company’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. “Last week, we can look at it factually, CNN had a town hall with the former president where he made a lot of allegations about the [2020] election,” Murdoch said at the MoffettNathanson Technology, Media, and Telecom Conference. Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox for $1.6 billion in the aftermath of the election, and was armed with a trove of documents and text messages. He admitted that some Fox hosts “endorsed” Trump’s false election claims. Murdoch would not go into the reasons for why Carlson was dropped, but defended the decision.
Source: CNN May 17, 2023 19:38 UTC
