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Rupert Murdoch predicted ‘riots like never before’ if 2020 US election was overturned

Rupert Murdoch predicted 'riots like never before' if 2020 US election was overturned, even as his Fox News TV channel continued to air false claims about voter fraud. Fox was torn between continuing to air claims from the Trump campaign or risk losing viewers.

  • Rupert Murdoch predicted 'riots like never before' if 2020 US election was overturned.
  • In a November 19 2020 email exchange, Murdoch said that 'state legislators changing [results] sounds ridiculous' before predicting public unrest if that course of action was followed.
  • Fox News TV channel continued to air false claims about voter fraud.
  • Fox was torn between continuing to air claims from the Trump campaign that Murdoch himself repeatedly called 'crazy', or risk losing viewers to more rightwing outlets such as Newsmax.
  • Fox News said Dominion was engaged in a 'PR campaign to smear Fox News and trample on free speech and freedom of the press'.
Rupert Murdoch predicted ‘riots like never before’ if 2020 US election was overturned
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