This week in The Fin podcast, senior writer Neil Chenoweth on the events leading up to the multibillion-dollar legal battle and what it means for the Murdoch media empire. And reporter Mark Di Stefano tells us about the money and the PR machine behind the case.Background reading:

Murdochs can’t avoid testifying Rupert Murdoch and his son, Lachlan, cannot avoid testifying at trial if they are subpoenaed by Dominion Voting Systems in the company’s $US1.6 billion ($2.4 billion) defamation suit over Fox News’s airing of false claims that it rigged the 2020 presidential election, a judge said.
Jury to weigh Murdochs’ role in Fox-Dominion trial One of the most closely watched US defamation cases in decades is set to begin on Thursday as a Delaware court picks a jury to decide whether Fox News should pay Dominion Voting Systems $US1.6 billion ($2.4 billion) for spreading election-rigging falsehoods.
‘Really crazy stuff’: Emails reveal Murdoch trashing Trump poll claims Emails and texts unearthed as part of a major US defamation case against Fox Corporation reveal Rupert Murdoch labelling the Trump campaign’s false claims about election fraud as “really crazy stuff” and “damaging”.
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