On Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 2:35 AM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote:
> It’s possible, as some have suggested, that Dobbs was thrown overboard to > show it is addressing the serious allegations made by Smartmatic. Appearing > on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik > brought up how Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, handled some of his news > tabloids in London during the phone-hacking scandals. > > Folkenflik told host Brian Stelter, “They would throw somebody over the > side and see if that was enough. This is an effort to cauterize the wound > to distance Fox from this feverish conspiracy theory.” > I have a problem with Fox News openly firing Dobbs in response to the Dominion and Smartmatic lawsuits as it's a sign that FNC knows it did wrong. But the Murdoch media empire has been through this before and they can make strategic decisions. They're probably working toward a settlement where they don't have to admit wrongdoing. I assume as part of this they told Dobbs, Pirro, and Bartiromo to drop election fraud stories and cover the new administration. Dobbs refused to drop the fraud claims and they canceled his show. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGbsPbwA8O0_rTChNxXOdMmOefppO-q1eU8uLF%2BHKaMfQ%40mail.gmail.com.
