The Fox News Defamation Scandal: How Fox News Employees Feel About the Dominion Lawsuit
In recent weeks, bombshell court documents have been released in the defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News. The documents have revealed stunning details about the inner workings of the right-wing network, and the fallout has been felt by Fox News employees.
According to The Daily Beast, nine Fox News employees, including reporters and producers, have spoken out about the court filings and the impact they are having on the network. Many feel that the defamation lawsuit is further damaging the reputation of the network’s news division, painting it as putting ratings above truth.
“We are not happy,” a Fox News reporter told The Daily Beast. Another employee, a news producer, said it was a “really bad time to be working here.”
The documents appear to show that Fox News hosts and executives sought to appease former President Donald Trump and his supporters by giving airtime to lies about the 2020 election, even though they knew the stories were false. Meanwhile, journalists on the news side were reportedly reprimanded for pushing back against the false narratives.
One reporter told the news outlet that “it’s pretty damn clear the motivation is the money-based machine on the opinion side that drives all their business decisions, that drives a lot of their programming decisions.”
The Daily Beast also reported that Fox News is preventing journalists from reporting on the lawsuit, with “Mediabuzz” host Howard Kurtz saying the network forbade him from covering the Dominion suit, despite his disagreement with the decision.
In response to the lawsuit, Fox News issued a statement to The Daily Beast saying the network was “incredibly proud” of its journalists and had increased its investment in journalism.
The defamation lawsuit is an incredibly serious matter for Fox News, and it’s clear that many of its employees are feeling the repercussions. The truth of what happened at the network will likely be revealed in court, but it’s clear that the scandal has left many Fox News employees feeling uneasy.
