Fox Corp. Executive Chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch defended the company's strategic vision after the break-up with top-rated news host Tucker Carlson, saying the network's focus is on doing 'the best thing for the company' in the long haul.
“So, what happened in the Dominion case though was that we were denied our ability to rely on a First Amendment defense and we were denied an ability to rely on newsworthiness, which meant almost by definition, we’re going to be in a multiyear, prolonged legal battle which we would ultimately win,” Mr. Murdoch said.
Mr. Murdoch said the “distraction to the company, the distraction to our growth plans, our management, would’ve been extraordinarily costly, which is why we decided to settle.” or any of our hosts engaged in any defamation during the whole period,” he said. “But it was the right business decision.”a town hall for former President Donald Trump last at Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire, during which Mr. Trump repeated his unproven assertion that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.”
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