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Unsurprisingly, Fox News' ratings slipped Monday night without the channel's most-watched anchor.

After Fox News and surprise Tucker Carlson agreed to "go their separate ways" on Monday, the network's audience for its Monday night 8:00 p.m. The Fox News Tonight debut , hosted by Brian Kilmeade (the first in a series of rotating anchors), drew just under 2.6 million viewers, 21 percent less than Tucker Carlson Tonight's eight-day average (3.3 million viewers) on Monday. the last .

Fox News Tonight has also taken a hit in the adult news 25-54 demographic: its 0.24 rating is down 37 percent from Carlson's 0.38 average across the previous eight Monday shows.

Those numbers are still more than enough to lead cable news at 8 p.m. by a large margin. Joe Scarborough hosted a special on MSNBC that garnered 1.51 million views, while Anderson Cooper garnered 360,728,000 views on CNN.

On the plus side for Fox News, Hannity 's 9 p.m. show has never suffered from a smaller track record. It drew 2.53 million viewers, on par with Monday's average (2.59 million) over the past two months, even though The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC (2.73 million) did. Ingraham Angle (1.92 million) was just below Monday's average of 2.04 million at 10 p.m., but only by about 6 percent.

On the other hand, Newsmax, which was clearly bringing the show to Fox News viewers before Carlson's departure on Monday, has seen its viewership peak. Eric Bowling The Balance (531,000 viewers) at 8 p.m. M. And Greg Kelly reports (540,000) at 9 p.m. m, and both have more than tripled their audience since the first quarter of the year (145,000 for Bowling and 141,000 for Kelly).

Fox News shocked the media world Monday by firing Carlson, who hosted cable's most important news program for several years. Carlson's show regularly draws more than 3 million viewers each night and is often considered the most-watched primetime cable program. That averaged about 3.25 million viewers per night for the first four months of the year.

Tucker Carlson Tonight also dominates the 8:00 p.m. cable news slot. It averaged 3.25 million viewers in the first three months of 2023 ahead of rivals All In With Chris Hayes on MSNBC (1.33 million) and Anderson Cooper 360 (703,000). Of all the news channels, only one other Fox News show, The Five , has come close to rivaling it in recent months. Both shows have been leading trade on any given day over the past several months.

Whether Monday's numbers are a mistake or the start of a trend, it's sure to take some time to prove it. But Carlson's sudden departure certainly had an impact on the eve of a new era.

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In the year 2024, if you go to the phrase "loser patient" in the latest edition of the American Heritage Idiom Dictionary, there's a good chance you'll see a photo of Dillon Brooks and/or Ja Morant above that phrase.

Which is why, in his second game back (and in a loss to the Memphis Grizzlies en route to the Los Angeles Lakers), Brooks refused to speak to the assembled media after the game, according to ESPN's Tim McMahon. Just watch "I'm gone."

McMahon added that Morant also opted not to appear in the press due to the Grizzlies' 117-111 loss in Game 4 in Los Angeles, which the Lakers won 3-1. And probably decided the fate of Memphis. He is the second seed eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

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After being very open with the press about James in the first two contests on the show, it's funny that now that Brooks seems to be on the verge of a shock loss on the show, he's suddenly gone quiet on Morant.

As two of the loudest rookies on the team, Brooks and Morant should lead the way. After a season in which the Grizzlies became not just small-market sports news darlings, but the league's villain (and in Morant's case, perhaps worse), the team was at least generous with your comments. in the media, hoping against all odds to encourage the players with words of encouragement.

But I think it would take a lot of finesse and sophistication for such tough young stars. A long time ago

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In a surprise move, Fox News has split from primetime anchor Tucker Carlson after he made derogatory comments about fellow networkers being exposed during a legal battle with a voting machine company.

Mr. Carlson's departure ended more than a decade at the conservative news network, during which he became cable television's highest-rated prime-time news anchor.

Carlson, whose contract expires in 2021, will receive payments for the remainder of the contract, according to people familiar with the matter. According to the source, Mr. Carlson is paid around $20 million a year. According to People, Mr Carlson learned of his sacking about 10 minutes before announcing his departure from the network.

According to a person familiar with the matter, Fox News' parent company CEO Lachlan Murdoch and Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott decided on Friday that Carlson will leave the network.

Mr. Carlson's departure creates another high-profile opening in the cable news landscape, which has seen some familiar faces leave over the past year and a half. Also on Monday, CNN parted ways with the underrated Don Lemon, who left prime time at 10 p.m. to host the network's new morning show.

Fox News reported Monday that Mr. Carlson's last show was Friday, April 21, and that he would rely on a rotating host until he appoints a permanent host for the 8 p.m. show.

Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmead hosted the show on Monday night. In his opening statement, Kilmead confirmed Carlson's departure, saying he was "a great friend of Tucker's."

An attorney representing Carlson did not respond to a request for comment.

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Fox's decision to let Carlson go comes less than a week after Fox Corp. agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle a legal dispute with Dominion Voting Systems. The 2020 US presidential election falls in favor of Joe Biden. Mr. Carlson should testify in court.

Fox Corporation and News Corp., parent company of The Wall Street Journal. they share common property. Fox shares fell 3% on Monday.

Private messages Mr. Carlson sent to colleagues became public during the Dominion libel trial. Carlson has repeatedly poked fun at on-air guest commentaries, expressed hatred for former President Donald Trump and complained about Fox executives and colleagues.

In a private text message nearly two weeks after Election Day, Mr Carlson and primetime presenters Laura Ingram and Sean Hannity complained about the network's coverage, including the first time the network named Biden's battleground state Arizona the night before. election, a decision that angered some Fox News viewers.

"We dedicated our lives to audience engagement and they let Chris Wallace and Leland fuck the hell Wittert screw it up," Carlson said, according to the document, which quotes two Fox News employees. Mr. Wallace now works for CNN. and Mr. Vittert is a reporter for NewsNation.

"Do executives realize how much trust and credibility we've lost with our audience?" According to court documents, Carlson texted his colleague again.

Fox contradicted Carlson's comments that slandered the network, people familiar with the matter said. They said most of the messages were redacted in court documents but leaked to Fox management.

When a Fox News reporter reviewed one of Trump's Dominion tweets, Carlson also complained to a colleague, "Please fire him," Carlson told Fox News host Sean Hannity, according to the lawsuit. "It's clearly hurting business."

Before Dominion's lawsuit was settled, Supreme Court Justice Eric Davis had already ruled that Fox News and Fox Business had made false allegations about Dominion by network moderators and Trump associates. In a statement announcing the settlement, Fox confirmed the judge's finding.

Court documents also revealed Carlson's feelings towards Trump. In a January 2021 text message exchange, Carlson said the network was "very close to ignoring Trump most nights," adding, "I hate him passionately" regarding the former president.

A recent Wall Street Journal poll found Trump leading the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

Mr. Carlson has recently come under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for showing never-before-seen footage of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Carlson said lawmakers intentionally exaggerated the level of violence. "The footage shows no rioting or rioting on Capitol Hill," Carlson said during a speech in early March.

Mr Carlson is the defendant in a lawsuit filed last month by Abby Grossberg, Mr Carlson's former producer and Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. The lawsuit, which also names Fox and others, says: "Mr. Carlson's snide comments about women and his contempt for those who dare to oppose such misogyny are well known on the set of his show. Fox News fired Ms Grossberg soon after, saying she had complained without taking any steps to protect "pieces of Fox proprietary information." Ms Grossberg's lawyers called her dismissal "retaliation".

In a statement following the announcement of Mr. Carlson's resignation on Monday, Ms. Grossberg's attorneys said, "Tucker Carlson's departure from Fox News is, in part, an admission of lies, threats and conspiracies. What our client claims is systematic.”

Mr. Carlson did not comment on the lawsuit. Fox said at the time that it had engaged an independent outside consultant to investigate the concerns raised by Ms. Grossberg.

Fox has lost several well-known anchors in recent years, including Megyn Kelly and Bill O'Reilly, who were replaced by Mr. Carlson, who has become the highest-rated prime-time cable news anchor. Primetime shows attract the largest share of viewers for Fox and other cable channels and are a major driver of the network's advertising business.

Mr. Carlson began his career as a writer for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the conservative Weekly Standard. He rose to national prominence as the host of CNN's Crossfire, where he represented the political right until the show's cancellation in 2005, and had a memorable encounter with the show's then host, Jon Stewart. He also worked for MSNBC and co-founded the conservative website Daily Caller.

During his time at Fox News, Mr. Carlson became a lightning rod for his often controversial comments. On a recent show, Carlson suggested that Justin Pearson, one of the Tennessee lawmakers pushing for stricter gun control, should probably go to elite colleges because he's black.

Carlson also lamented the changes confectionery giant Mars Inc. had made to various M&M mascots, including the decision to change the green M&M shoes from boots to sneakers. In 2018, he faced an advertising boycott after saying on-air that some immigrants were making America "dirtier and more divided." Fox linked the Carlson boycott to advocacy groups encouraging brands to advertise online.

In addition to his nightly presence on Fox News, Mr. Carlson is also known for Fox Nation, the news channel's live streaming service. He published special news and investigative reports on the platform.

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In Sunday's review of the Dominion voting system case, Fox News anchor Howard Kurtz finally acknowledged that the case was "shameful" for the right-wing network after defending Fox News' coverage of the lawsuit and accusing other media outlets of opposing it. . .

"The vast majority of the media was anti-Fox and therefore helping Dominion," he told MediaBuzz Sunday.

As evidence, he cited Murdoch-owned media outlets such as Politico, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, which said the results were disappointing. (Many media commentators and observers, after the $787.5 million settlement, did not need to apologize for spreading lies about the 2020 election, and only vaguely admitted that they were spreading lies.)

Kurtz, the network's media specialist, also noted that he covered the incident. Kurtz told viewers in February that the network had banned him from covering it, but the rule appears to have changed ahead of a hearing scheduled last week.

“I started reporting, first with Neil Cavuto and then with special reports, that what some Fox shows are showing or letting others say, from former President Trump to his lawyers, are false conspiracy theories,” he said. Kurtz was in Delaware last week to cover the case.

He called reports accusing Fox News of ignoring on-air hearings "completely false" and said, "I've been covering this for weeks."

The Washington Post's analysis of the network's coverage of the lawsuit found that "few Fox shows discussed the landmark case."

Kurtz also summarized part of the Fox News statement, which said, "We are accepting court rulings that found some of the allegations against Dominion to be false." According to Curtis, this statement acknowledges that false information was broadcast on the network.

"I said that Fox acknowledged in its statement the findings of Judge Eric Davis that some of the on-air comments about Dominion were false," he said. And this CEO of Dominion told reporters in the most horrifying way that Fox had lied.

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“This is important now because almost two and a half years later, Donald Trump claims without evidence and continues to say that the elections were rigged against him,” he added.

He admitted he was "embarrassed" by the "gap" between what some Fox News anchors say publicly and privately about the 2020 election. Private correspondence released during the trial showed Fox News top talent and executives were skeptical of the allegations against them. Trump allies were allowed to distribute it on Facebook.ether.

And while Kurtz said the network "has taken a hit in the court of public opinion," he asked, "What impact has this tough eviction had on Fox News? Last week it was again the highest rated network on basic cable."

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Let's say you hate Fox News.

You might think that satellite channels are undermining democracy by making unsubstantiated claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen by Joe Biden.

You're probably sick of Fox star Tucker Carlson's blatant racism, not to mention his anti-masking and anti-vaccination statements that are bad for public health.

Or maybe you think Fox's desire to feed its audience is a lie its executives know about — like emails exposed by Dominion Voting Systems in a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox – show that don't offer a channel. However, “news” is the mouthpiece of right-wing ideological myth-making.

From an economic point of view, it's good for us that Donald won this election.

CBS chairman and CEO at the time, Les Moonff, poked fun at Donald Trump's role in the 2016 election.

You won't get caught sponsoring one of Carlson's advertisers, like MyPillow, which fills the ad space between Fox News or the Supplement Bank commercials.

So boycott Fox News, maybe reducing advertising will encourage the station to change its behavior.

Fail. If you're a cable subscriber, you're definitely paying for Fox News whether you like it or not.

This important fact about how cable programming works is very important today for two reasons. One is that the Dominion criminal trial will begin in a Delaware courtroom.

(The trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but the judge postponed the trial a day to give both sides eleventh hour; otherwise, jury selection would end on Tuesday and the opening statement would begin.)

Another reason is that negotiations between Fox and some of the major cable systems are ongoing or will occur in the near future over the monthly fee the system pays to broadcast Fox News.

In the past, cable systems have largely complied with Fox's wishes; It is unclear what legal hurdles the companies will face in future negotiations.

One might be tempted to describe Fox's reliance on so-called freight payments as the dirty little secret behind Fox News' survival despite high-profile advertisers flying.

Over the years, it has become apparent that Fox was earning more than "membership fees" from advertising sponsorships. In its most recent financial report for the quarter ended December 31, Fox said it earned $1 billion in fees from cable programming partners but only $451 million from sponsors.

In its most recent full fiscal year, which ended June 30, Fox earned $4.2 billion in affiliate fees, compared to $1.46 billion from advertising. If Fox Cable advertising drops to zero, the segment will still report about $1.47 billion in operating income.

Fox Corporation. Fox News has not specifically disclosed the fees charged, but estimates can be made. The company reported that the news channel had 75 million subscribers as of June 30.

Industry reports put the fees it charges from cable carriers carrying Fox News at about $2 per month per cable subscriber, which equates to $1.5 billion in annual shipping costs.

Those numbers don't mean the 75 million cable viewers regularly watch Fox News — that's the number of subscribers claimed by the cable systems that carry the channel. A more accurate estimate is that Fox News may have as many as 3 million regular viewers. Another 72 million paid nothing.

In traditional consumer behavior theory, people who don't like or trust a product can simply vote with their feet by choosing not to buy it.

That's not how cable TV works. Fox News released impressive subscription numbers because cable customers typically don't have a choice. Fox News is one of those channels that considers cable a must-have show, so they bundle it into one easy cable subscription. (Including ESPN and CNN.)

It's entirely possible that Fox's declining credibility as a news channel will be reviewed, if not entirely annihilated, by the cable mogul, who will decide to either play hard by offering lower service fees or remove Fox News from the basic subscription tier altogether.

The operative term is "removed". The television industry is a thin stick to lean on when it comes to public interest. Most of its directors are ethical black holes. Consider, for example, how then-CBS President and CEO Les Moonves laughed at the appalling folly of the 2016 Republican nomination and its superstar Donald Trump.

"Man, it's amazing," Moonves told the audience at a media conference. “Who knew this circus would come to town? It might not be great for America, but it was great for CBS. [Laughs] Money comes in… It's fun.”

Moonves continued with a smile, “It's going to be a really good year for us. I'm sorry, it's horrible to say this, but come on Donald, go ahead. Donald's place in this election is good." Moonves left CBS in 2018 after allegations surfaced that he had sexually harassed and intimidated female employees).

Above all, the industry's greed for profit did not only affect political reporting. Sports fans in Southern California may remember the six-year hiatus from Dodgers games on most of the area's pay-TV services that began in 2013.

At that point, the Dodgers' new owners, led by Guggenheim Partners, inked a 25-year, $8.35 billion deal with Time Warner Cable to start the Dodgers channel. Time Warner thought it could pay off by selling the channel to other pay-TV channels in the area.

But Time Warner charged such high prices for the channel that it received a corporate no from all other pay-TV platforms, including Cox, Charter Communications, Verizon FiOS Fiber Services, AT&T U-verse, and satellite companies DirecTV and Dish. Time Warner Cable only serves about 30% of pay-TV homes in Southland, so Dodger games are actually tied for the other 70%.

The Dodgers snapped up the highest price they could get for TV rights and made the team such a jewel in Southern California's sports crown that the sky was the limit. Time Warner figured they could rip off other pay-TV companies for every penny, because really, what television service couldn't afford the Dodgers, no matter the price? The answer: everything.

The impasse was only resolved after Time Warner Cable partnered with Charter to create the Spectrum service. who lost fans that is.

Fox News isn't the only channel satellite subscribers pay for but don't watch. The basic cable layer contains a large portion of the channels that the average subscriber may never see or even know exist.

Consumer advocates have argued for years that giving customers a la carte cable choices instead of a one-size-fits-all would save people money.

Unfortunately, this nirvana turned out to be a dream. Broadcasters have ditched cable and created their own standalone subscription services, so what used to be bundled into one premium is now a separate fee. My combined monthly bill for streaming services is now over $100, and my cable bill is growing faster than inflation.

Blame the lame FCC. The FCC has criticized cable mergers, including the Time Warner charter deal and Comcast's acquisition of NBCUniversal, for reducing consumer choice.

What choices do consumers have when it comes to Fox News? Not much, if anything. Media Matters for America, a progressive media watchdog, is launching a massive "Unfox my Cable Box" initiative, but it's too early to tell if it will have any impact.

Consumers can cancel their cable subscriptions and turn to outside antennas to catch local broadcast channels, but the point here is that it will be a long time before the drop in cable subscribers becomes significant enough to force cable operators to reconsider their core offering. The FCC can regulate and force consumers to choose cable systems, but even under the best of circumstances, it's a slow process and the industry is sure to face years of court battles.

However, consumers should not remain silent. Cable executives have bowed to Fox News in the past because its audience tends to speak in a voice supported by far-right politicians. Losing access to the channels will lead to protests from people using the speakers.

When DirecTV (part of AT&T) announced earlier this year that it was discontinuing its right-wing channel OAN, six law enforcement officers accused the satellite service of promoting "strong left-wing voices." DirecTV publishes anyway.

But OAN is a relatively young player. Fox News doesn't. Additionally, it was founded in 1996 and has been a staple of cable television for a quarter of a century. This makes cutting difficult.

But it's not impossible. Anyone who hates having Fox News on their cable list should report it to their cable operator. If Dominion's lawsuit continues Tuesday, more evidence could surface that the cable channel irresponsibly peddled false anti-democracy allegations. Another lawsuit against Fox, a $2.7 billion lawsuit brought by New York-based voting machine maker Smartmatic, is looming and more charges could be filed.

At some point, cable managers might find that the disadvantages of keeping Fox News over plain cable outweigh the benefits of keeping it. If that can result in lost dollars due to customer disruption, cable companies may act in the public interest rather than harm Fox News.

This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

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Arsenal look to take a six-point lead in the Premier League title race when they visit West Ham on Sunday (watch live on USA Network and online at NBCSports.com at 9 p.m.).

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Arsenal's seven-game winning streak came to an abrupt end last time out after a 2-0 defeat at Liverpool turned into a disappointing (and slightly worrying) 2-2 draw at Anfield. Mikel Arteta's side host the relegation battlers from behind as Pep Guardiola and company join them in their return to the quarter-finals ahead of their big game against Manchester City on April 26. League against Bayern Munich and an FA Cup semi-final against Sheffield United then.

As for the Hammers, it was their last Premier League win (1-0 at Fulham), but now comes the hard part for David Moyes' men: back-to-back wins in six months (1). (Oct 9) Of course, West Ham are on European action as they drew 1-1 with Gent in the quarter-finals of the Belgian Conference League on Thursday.

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A Delaware judge in Washington on Wednesday acquitted the network's lawyers in a defamation lawsuit against Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News after finding that the hosts and executives withheld evidence they knew the claims were baseless. Audio software and hardware are not supported on Dominion. And the 2020 presidential election.

The testimony related in part to conversations between anchor Maria Batirama and attorney Rudy Giuliani and former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg of Sidney Powell. Two conservative attorneys have hit the airwaves with baseless allegations that Dominion rigged the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.

The disclosure prompted Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis, the judge overseeing the case, to reopen the case, including allowing Dominion to accept new deposits into Fox's account. He also said he is considering appointing a special master or an independent third party to investigate Fox News' lawyers. Davis ordered them to secure all communications.

The special master may be asked to investigate the failure of Fox's legal team to testify about Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch. In court on Tuesday, Fox's lawyers said Murdoch was a Fox News official. Knowing this in advance, Dominion could have expanded its search for relevant Murdoch-related records. A Fox spokesperson responded to the confusion over his role at the news network: "Rupert Murdoch is listed in our SEC filings as the CEO of FOX News for many years. Dominion's attorney referred to that approach in a statement." " ."

The emails and text messages are being made public as part of the Fox-Dominion lawsuit.

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"It's a problem," Davis said in court Tuesday, according to the New York Times. "I have to feel comfortable when something is offered to me, it's true," Davis said.

A Fox News spokesperson responded to the development of the sanctions against Davis: “As counsel explained to the court, FOX was developing additional information about Ms. Grossberg when we first learned of it. It's unclear from the statement when Fox learned about Grossberg's additional recordings and the company's filing of the lawsuit.

Grossberg filed a lawsuit against the network, its executives and lawyers last month, according to an update Tuesday that Fox had access to the tapes and transcripts but did not provide them to Dominion when it was discovered in the cable defamation suit. News. Network and its parent company.

In the year In a memo dated November 15, 2020, Giuliani admitted to Bartirama that the Trump campaign could not verify certain allegations related to Dominion and the 2020 presidential election, while Grossberg made separate allegations against the network. .

When Bartrama asked Giuliani what evidence he had of Dominion's involvement, Giuliani said it was "a little complicated," according to the latest filing.

Grossberg's lawyers also pointed out that the footage was recorded by Otter, which records conversations and is popular with journalists.

“Every time Fox News gets MM. He obtained Grossberg's cell phones, Fox News' attorneys, and in turn contacted Fox News and the defendant [Susan] Scott. Ms. who found Grossberg's otter tag and audio recordings at that tag. Rudolph Giuliani, Sidney Powell and other senior members of Trump's presidential campaign wrote in the amended complaint Tuesday. Grossberg is a former CBS News employee.

Susan Scott is the CEO of Fox News, and Grossberg led Fox's lawyers to provide incomplete answers during Dominion's lawsuit against Fox for fraud and deceit.

The attorneys also said in court filings that many of the conversations Grossberg recorded with Otter's software were "sent to and/or communicated with other Fox News executives and employees, including on Fox News email servers."

Attorneys for Fox News, as well as the network and Scott, "had access to audio recordings and transcripts of on-air interviews" because they had access to Grossberg's cellphones and transcripts of his phone calls and emails. Mrs. The Grossberg tapes, Mr. Giuliani, Sidney Powell and other high-ranking government officials who repeatedly publish allegations of voter fraud online are woefully underrepresented, wrote their attorneys Jerry Phililatos and Tanveer Rahman.

Fox and his lawyers failed to provide copies of the documents to Dominion during the defamation suit.

In response to Grossberg's second amended complaint, a Fox spokesperson told CBS that "Fox has complied with its discovery obligations in the Dominion case."

The developments involving Fox's attorneys come a day before jury selection begins, and it's unclear whether they will affect the trial, which begins Monday. Dominion is suing Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corp., for $1.6 billion after the 2020 election, alleging the network spread baseless conspiracies about voting machines, despite knowing the statements were false. Fox said he only reflected on the re-electionist's claims.

Both sides tried to settle the case by seeking summary judgment, but Davis refused to claim the case as a winner before it went to trial. A jury is expected to decide whether Fox committed actual malice by making baseless claims against Dominion and whether the company is entitled to damages, and if so, how much.

In an 80-page opinion last month, the judge said the evidence showed that "any of Dominion's statements about the 2020 election are not clear" and that Fox News' claim that Dominion was controversial was defamatory. . "By himself."

Dominion claims 20 statements aired on the Fox show between November 8, 2020 and January 26, 2021 were false and defamatory.

In the year On "Sunday Morning Futures" on November 8, 2020, Batirama asked Powell about Dominion's voting software and, without Powell providing any evidence, Dominion used an algorithm to match Trump's vote to President Biden's.

Giuliani later appeared on Lou Dobbs' 'Lou Dobbs Tonight' show on November 12, 2020, making unsubstantiated claims about Dominion's ownership.

Nicole Sganga and Scott McFarlane contributed to this report.

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Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg, who claims she was forced to provide false information in a lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over its handling of voter fraud allegations, has filed another lawsuit against the cable news network's voting technology company .

According to a subpoena obtained by NBC News on Monday, Smartmatic Inc. Abby Grossberg will release extensive documents and communications related to the 2020 presidential election allegations, which will air on Fox. The subpoena mentions evidence and possible correspondence related to Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and names associated with the Trump campaign and the Trump Organization.

Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against Fox in New York Supreme Court. Allies of former President Donald Trump, like Giuliani, told Fox News that Dominion and Smartmatic, although two separate, unaffiliated companies, were linked and involved in possible voter fraud.

The allegations against Dominion and Smartmatic have been repeatedly denied and proven to be baseless. Smartmatic's only involvement in the 2020 Presidential Election was providing voting technology and software to Los Angeles County.

Former Fox producer Abby Grossberg discusses the Dominion lawsuit

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On March 31, in a Dominion lawsuit filed in Delaware, a judge ordered the case to go to trial and ruled that the voter fraud allegations leveled against Fox were false. "The evidence developed in this civil case," he says, " makes it clear that nothing Dominion has said about the 2020 election is true." The pronunciation is thick, big and italic.

Grossberg's attorney, Parisis Filippatos, told NBC News that his client plans to comply with Smartmatic's subpoena, requiring Grossberg to "produce documentary evidence of alleged wrongdoing by Fox News." His attorneys also noted that while Grossberg sent documents and communications to Fox News while he was with her, "they do not appear to have been filed with the Delaware Supreme Court prior to the March 31 decision."

Grossberg worked at Fox News from March 24, 2019. He was fired after filing suit against Fox in Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation suit. . Fox said he was fired for disclosing privileged information.

A Fox spokesperson said in a statement: "Smartmatic has not informed Fox News about the subpoena of Ms. Grossberg in this case. Fox News is not aware of what Ms. Grossberg's attorneys did not say about the Dominion case, and we fulfilled our intelligence obligations. ".

A spokesman for the Smartmatic case said: "We believe we will win because freedom of the press is at the heart of our democracy and claims for compensation in this case should be protected unless they are excessive, baseless and based on sound financial analysis. It is clear that journalists are doing their job to prevent it from being done. "Until the effort".

Earlier this month, Fox News told NBC News, "We will continue to vigorously defend Fox against [Grossberg's] legal claims against our network and employees, which are riddled with false allegations."

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Regarding the Dominion case, Fox said, "Ultimately, this case is about the First Amendment's protection of the media's urgent need to report the news. Fox will continue to actively defend the right to free speech and a free press."

Fox told the judge that Grossberg would testify in the Dominion case on March 28. The company reversed that decision following a Sept. 14, 2022 court filing to seal the deposit, which Dominion said it plans to call as a witness.

This article originally appeared on NBCNews.com

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Reese Witherspoon is determined to set the record straight and she's not dating anyone.

A Witherspoon spokesperson has denied the allegations against Fox News Digital after the Legally Blonde star was rumored to be dating NFL legend Tom Brady.

"Witherspoon's representative denied the relationship rumors because they are completely false," the report says.

Late last month, Witherspoon announced her divorce from her husband, Jim Toth.

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The couple shared this news on Instagram just days before their 12th wedding anniversary.

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"We have some personal news to share… We have taken the difficult decision to depart with great care and consideration," they said. "We have had many wonderful years together and we move forward with deep love, kindness and mutual respect for all that we have created together."

© Presley Ann/Getty Images for Icelandic Glacier Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth announced their divorce on Instagram. Photo by Presley Ann/Getty Images for Icelandic Glacier

“Our top priority as we move into the next chapter is our son and our entire family,” they said. "These questions are never easy and very personal. We really appreciate everyone's respect for our family's privacy at this time."

Witherspoon and Toth married in 2011. They have a 10-year-old son from Tennessee and are approaching their 12th wedding anniversary on March 26.

© Todd Williamson Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth have a 10-year-old son from Tennessee. Witherspoon shares her two eldest children, Ava and Deacon Phillippe, with her ex Ryan Phillippe. todd williamson

Gisele Bündchen and Brady made headlines last October when news of their split hit the internet.

In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Bündchen revealed why the former power couple decided to part ways after more than a decade together.

"Sometimes we grow together, sometimes we grow apart," he said.

© Stefanie Keenan Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen have announced their divorce after 13 years of marriage. Stephanie Keenan

Brady and Bundchen first met in 2006. The couple began dating the same month the soccer star ended his relationship with ex Bridget Moynahan. Bündchen and Brady later married in 2009.

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The former couple have two children, Vivian and Benjamin.

Brady's rep confirmed to People that the Witherspoon rumors are completely false.

The source told the publication that they have never met.

© Gilbert Flores/Variety Tom Brady appears to be back on the market after parting ways with Gisele Bündchen. Gilbert Flowers / Variety

Last month, it was reported that the former NFL quarterback was back on the market.

"She's going shopping. She's gone somewhere," a source told Page Six.

It was unclear who Brady "dated" with.

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