Mithras

Ok, so I don't know that @AkivaMCohen will see this before he goes offline for the weekend, but...

How is this not hugely damaging for Fox?

https://twitter.com/davidfolkenflik/status/1605932468007079936

David Folkenflik on Twitter

“Did Hannity buy the election fraud lies that Trump and his allie’s were peddling on Fox & elsewhere? “I did not believe it for one second," Hannity said in a sworn deposition, revealed in a court hearing yesterday My story for NPR: https://t.co/4QdKHb65ja”

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Show threadMithrasDec 23, 2022

Like... my understanding of defamation includes knowing that "if you know what you're saying is false, that's worse for your case".

Are they going to fall back on the "we're not really news; nobody should believe us when we lie this badly about things" ?