Fox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion saysEnlarge this image toggle caption Fox News Fox NewsBesieged by angry viewers, denounced by then-President Trump, questioned by some of its own stars, Fox News found itself in a near-impossible spot on Election Night 2020 after its election-analysis team announced before any other network that Joe Biden would win the pivotal swing state of Arizona. Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott proved so flummoxed by what ensued that she warned colleagues, "We can't give the crazies an inch." In the weeks that followed, a cadre of Fox News stars hosted Trump's advisers — and even Trump himself — to peddle baseless conspiracy theories of election fraud. And while its reporters often unraveled election fraud allegations, many of Fox's biggest stars tolerated, amplified and even embraced them, Dominion's lawyers noted. Even so, under Scott and her team, Fox fired former political director Chris Stirewalt weeks after the election.

Source: Fox News October 06, 2022 17:46 UTC