Dominion Voting Systems

While the vendors pitched their latest voting machines in Concord, New Hampshire, this past August, the election officials in the room g­­asped. They whispered, “No way.” They nodded their heads and filled out the scorecards in their laps. Interrupting if they had to, they asked every kind of question: How much does the new scanner weigh? Are any of its parts made in China? Does it use the JSON data format?The answers weren’t trivial. Based in part on these presentations, many would be making a once-in-a-decade…

Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, would very much appreciate it if Media Matters for America would stop monitoring media. The Rupert Murdoch-owned network sent Media Matters a cease and desist letter on Friday, demanding that the non-profit watchdog take down leaked, behind-the-scenes footage of Tucker Carlson being an off-putting creep and criticizing his employer. How Much of Guardians of the Galaxy Did James Gunn Plan From the Start? | io9 InterviewThe Carlson videos, released under the headlines…

Frequent protesters stood in front of the Fox News building in New York City last month with signs citing court documents stemming from the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit.Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images)Fox News will be forced to defend its promotion of the “Big Lie” in court, as a Delaware judge ruled that a jury would need to decide whether there was “actual malice” in how the network let election disinformation loose upon its millions of viewers.William Shatner on Jeff BezosOn Friday, Delaware Superior Court…

Tucker Carlson was worried. Fox FOX 0.91% News had declared late on Nov. 7, 2020, that Joe Biden had won the presidential election, and Mr. Carlson, one of the network’s star opinion hosts, was concerned about alienating Fox News viewers. They might turn to Newsmax, he said, a small channel that had taken a hard-line stance, questioning whether Donald Trump had lost the election. “We’re playing with fire, for real,” Mr.…

Recently released documents in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News show the voting-machine company is heading toward an April trial with a body of evidence that could help it overcome hurdles that usually doom lawsuits against media organizations.Media lawyers and academics say these latest court filings provide potentially important revelations about the state of mind of individuals at Fox News at the time the network was airing segments in which associates of former President Donald…