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Nicholas Goldberg: Fox News has great power. Did it use it responsibly after the 2020 election?

The $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News is now underway in earnest. Some of the key players have recently been deposed or are scheduled to be in the coming weeks. Sean Hannity. Tucker Carlson. Lou Dobbs. Maria Bartiromo. Even Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch could find themselves answering questions. The case is slated for trial early next year. On the ...
News headlines on the impeachment trial of Donald Trump are displayed outside of the Fox headquarters on Feb. 9, 2021, in New York.

The $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News is now underway in earnest.

Some of the key players have recently been deposed or are scheduled to be in the coming weeks. Sean Hannity. Tucker Carlson. Lou Dobbs. Maria Bartiromo. Even Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch could find themselves answering questions. The case is slated for trial early next year.

On the most basic level the lawsuit is about the that emerged in the aftermath of the 2020 election, when Donald Trump's irresponsible, stop-at-nothing flunkies and lackeys were peddling false stories

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