Rupert Murdoch Testimony: Top Fox News Hosts 'Went Too Far'

Rupert Murdoch was reportedly worried about how Fox News' top hosts "went too far" in pushing false claims about the election, according to email and messages released in a lawsuit filed against the company.

Murdoch was complaining about the flak the network had been getting from Republican senators, including Kentucky's Mitch McConnell and South Carolina's Lindsey Graham, for the stories about false claims of the election being "stolen."

NBC News reported that the revelation was shown in hundreds of pages of testimony, private text messages, and emails from Fox News's top journalists and executives.

Murdoch said that "maybe Sean and Laura went too far," referring to the host of "The Sean Hannity Show" and host of "The Ingraham Angle" Laura Ingraham.

A judge unsealed the documents as part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit the media giant is facing from Dominion Voting Systems.

Fox News responded to the unsealed documents by accusing Dominion of "dishonestly portraying key figures' internal communications."

The statement added that the voting systems company "has been caught red handed" in using more "distortions and misinformation" in their smear campaign against Fox News.

Fox News Vs. Dominion Voting Systems Documents

Dominion responded to Fox News's allegations against them, saying that the "emails, texts, and deposition testimony speak for themselves."

The company said that they welcome all reviews of their evidence as "it all leads to the same place," which was the media network "knowingly spread lies" that caused enormous damage to an American company, as reported by CNN.

Dominion's brief earlier showed that even the top boss Murdoch rejected the conspiracy theories.

When asked by Dominion lawyers if Murdoch believes the voting systems company was "engaged in a massive and coordinated effort" to steal the 2020 elections, he answered "no."

Murdoch also reportedly called Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud to be "bulls---" and "damaging."

Dominion Voting System's Lawsuit

One Tucker Carlson producer reported had an exchange with an unidentified person, with the producer saying "one funny thing."

Alex Pfeiffer wrote that Dominion was used in Ohio and Florida, and the former U.S. president won those states.

Pfeiffer went on to ask if they "forget to rig those or all part of the plan?" according to The Washington Post.

The unsealed documents also showed that Carlson texted Pfeiffer two months after the election and days before January 6, 2021, how he wanted to stop covering Trump.

Carlson added that he hated Trump "passionately."

Pfeiffer then suggested that Trump "might never leave" the news reporting, especially if the Manhattan district attorney or New York attorney general charges him.

Raj Shah, a Fox Corp. senior vice president, noted that the network's brand was "under heavy fire from our customer base," adding that the company needed to "assess the damage."

Shah wrote in an email that they wanted to get "honest or deeper feedback from Fox viewers on the brand," specifically if they "feel like they have been somehow betrayed by the network."

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Written by: Mary Webber

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