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News Articles: Fox Corp

Outgoing FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, a Democrat, ruled against four petitions seeking to punish television networks for how they cover and satirize presidential politics. The FCC "should not be weaponized in a way that is fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment," she says.<br>

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As Trump inauguration nears, FCC chief dismisses complaints against TV networks

Outgoing FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has rejected petitions to rebuke four local TV stations. She says they were efforts to punish broadcast networks' coverage of presidential politics.

January 16, 2025
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  • David Folkenflik
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, right, huddles with Preston Padden, president of network distribution for Fox, during a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in May 1995. A generation later, Padden says Murdoch is unfit to hold the licenses for local television stations due to Fox News.

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A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations

Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station.

August 09, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
A banner displayed in April at the Fox News headquarters in New York.

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Fox isn't in the apology business. That could cost it a ton of money

When Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch addressed investors on Tuesday, he did not apologize for the events that led to a $787 million settlement over the broadcasting of election-related falsehoods.

May 09, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Fox News host Tucker Carlson speaks at a National Review Institute event on March 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The network announced Monday that it would "part ways" with Carlson.

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Tucker Carlson ousted at Fox News following network's $787 million settlement

Fox News announced in an abrupt statement it will "part ways" with longtime host Tucker Carlson, seen by many as the face of the network's brand. The star figured prominently in the Dominion lawsuit.

April 24, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Fox News host Maria Bartiromo invited Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell on her show to discuss allegations of election fraud based on an email laying out claims even the writer called "pretty wackadoodle."

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The 'wackadoodle' foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims

A woman who put forth election-fraud claims that even she described as "pretty wackadoodle" was a source for baseless claims aired by Fox News in 2020. The network is now being sued for defamation.

February 20, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Former Fox News staffer Laura Luhn sued the network yesterday alleging years of sexual abuse by its former chairman, the late Roger Ailes. Ailes is shown above in July 2016 outside Fox's New York City headquarters shortly before his ouster.

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Ex-staffer sues Fox News and former Trump aide over sexual abuse claims

In a lawsuit, an ex-staffer alleges the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes, shown above, sexually abused her for years. She is also suing former top Fox executive Bill Shine, alleging he enabled Ailes.

January 26, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Lachlan Murdoch is set to be deposed in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News

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Dominion to depose Fox boss Lachlan Murdoch as defamation suit heats up

Lachlan Murdoch, head of Fox News' parent company, is scheduled to be deposed Monday in Dominion's $1.6 billion lawsuit against the company.

December 05, 2022
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  • David Folkenflik
Fox Corp.'s Lachlan Murdoch and his wife, Sarah, arrive at the White House for a 2019 state dinner honoring Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Murdoch and his family have left the U.S. for Sydney through at least the end of summer.

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Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch Heads To Australia As Fox News Faces Headwinds

Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO and executive chairman of Fox Corp., has left Los Angeles for Sydney at a time when Fox News is reckoning with major lawsuits and questions over its direction.

March 30, 2021
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  • David Folkenflik

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