Top talent at Fox repeatedly told the lie — a lie within the Big Lie that the 2020 election was stolen — that Dominion’s voting machines aided a conspiracy to take votes away from Donald Trump. But the 2020 election season didn’t originate the Fox News habit of spreading disinformation. The late Roger Ailes, the network’s first chief executive, was quite comfortable dispensing right-wing falsehoods. The falsehoods spewing from Fox News hosts affect not only views about whether elections are legitimate but also about the debt ceiling, immigration and public health. Fox faces other lawsuits over its fearmongering and falsehoods, but it can simply write another big check.

Source: Fox News April 22, 2023 10:46 UTC