Fox News Lawyers Hint at Defense – It Was Satire
AP (Wilmington DE) – Fox News appears to be hinting at a possible defense strategy in response to the Dominion voting lawsuit opening this week, according to sources within the Wilmington legal community. The embattled news network is reportedly planning to argue that no reasonable person would take the commentary of hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson or Bret Baier seriously. One lawyer close to the case has revealed that Fox News has prepared hours of programming to support the argument that their network is a “long form parody” known within Murdoch’s Newscorp as “This Ain’t News, Fox News.” The network appears to be drawing a comparison between its programming and protected speech such as pornographic parodies, which are considered satire. h/t Nemski.
Wouldn’t a more accurate defense be that Fox News is to news what Professional Wrestling is to sports?
Let’s be honest, kayfabe is utilized by all cable news media.
Not the onion:
On the first day of trial in Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News, the defendant informed the court that its list of evidence included clips from episodes of The Simpsons, a cartoon aired on the Fox broadcast network since 1989.
According to NBC News, the list included four clips from the popular TV program.
In three clips, the Homer Simpson character is shown considering a presidential candidate other than Donald Trump. A fourth clip shows Russian President Vladimir Putin voting for Trump.
Money wins again. Undefeated