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https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250618613667/en/Smartmatic-Court-Filing-Describes-Foxs-Actions-as-a-Campaign-of-Knowing-Lies
Smartmatic today presented overwhelming
evidence that Fox not only defamed the
company, but did so knowingly and
deliberately, at the direction of Rupert
Murdoch and senior leadership, in a
desperate attempt to retain angry viewers.
A legal filing submitted in New York
highlights that Fox’s reckless actions not
only inflicted damage on Smartmatic, but
undermined Americans’ faith in free and
fair elections.
“Fox lies again. Internal communications
reveal that they knew there was no credible
evidence of Smartmatic participating in
election fraud, yet they deliberately chose
to promote false narratives against the
company anyway. These communications show
contempt against their viewers, the country
and the President,” Smartmatic stated.
The opposition brief details how, despite
evidence proving that they knew the
accusations were baseless, Fox executives
and hosts internally described Rudolph
Giuliani and Sidney Powell as “crazy,”
“nuts,” “bonkers,” and “comic book stuff.”
Yet, they promoted their outlandish
conspiracy theories against Smartmatic.
Internal Fox communications confirm that no
one at the network had any evidence
implicating Smartmatic. Yet, across 66
broadcasts and publications, Fox mentioned
Smartmatic more than 100 times — part of what
the brief calls “one of the most destructive
disinformation campaigns in American history.”
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