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Why Election Denialism Might Cost Fox News $1.6 Billion

Rikki Novetsky and

Stella Tan and


After the 2020 election, wild theories ran rampant on the right of an election stolen from Donald Trump through a coordinated conspiracy. The news channel Fox News became one of the loudest voices amplifying these false claims into millions of U.S. households.

Now, a defamation lawsuit by Dominion, a voting machine maker that was cast as a villain in these conspiracy theories, seeks to hold the media company responsible for the false claims made by its hosts and guests, presenting evidence that Fox knew what it was doing was wrong.


Jeremy W. Peters, a correspondent for The New York Times who covers the media and its intersection with politics, culture and law.

Advertisements on Sixth Avenue featuring Fox News personalities including Bret Baier, Martha MacCallum, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
  • Here’s what Fox News hosts said privately and publicly about voter fraud.

  • The comments, by Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and others, were released as part of a defamation suit against Fox News by Dominion Voter Systems.

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Jeremy W. Peters contributed reporting.

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Source: Elections - nytimes.com


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