Founded by Stefano Vaccara

Subscribe for only $6/Year
  • Login
  • Register

Editor in Chief: Giampaolo Pioli

VNY La Voce di New York

The First Italian English Digital Daily in the US

English Editor: Grace Russo Bullaro

  • English Edition
  • Letters
  • New York
  • U.N.
  • News
  • People
  • Entertainment
  • Arts
  • Lifestyles
  • Food & Wine
  • Travel
  • Sports
  • Italian Edition
No Result
View All Result
VNY
  • English Edition
  • Letters
  • New York
  • U.N.
  • News
  • People
  • Entertainment
  • Arts
  • Lifestyles
  • Food & Wine
  • Travel
  • Sports
  • Italian Edition
No Result
View All Result
VNY La Voce di New York
No Result
View All Result
in
News
December 22, 2022
in
News
December 22, 2022
0

Did Hannity Believe the Big Lie? When Under Oath: “Not for One Second”  

“Many of the highest-ranking Fox people" also doubted and pressed the White House to oust Powell

Amanda JamesbyAmanda James
Did Hannity Believe the Big Lie? When Under Oath: “Not for One Second”   

Sean Hannity. Photo: Flickr

Time: 3 mins read

When right-wing extremist Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor, spun wild conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems on Sean Hannity’s Fox program, claiming that there was “corruption all across the country, in countless districts,” in a plot to steal reelection from Donald Trump, and that Dominion ran an algorithm that switched votes for Trump to votes for Joe Biden, he didn’t challenge her on that assertion.

In an article in The New York Times, we learn that in a deposition in Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation suit, Hannity was asked if he privately believed any part of this conspiracy theory. Even though he was among those who publicly and most loudly, proclaimed that the 2020 election had been stolen from Donald Trump, his categorical answer when under oath was: “I did not believe it for one second.”

Was Hannity alone at Fox News in his cynical doublespeak or did others who espoused such theories also not believe them? Hannity’s disclosure is among the strongest evidence yet to emerge publicly that some Fox employees knew that what they were broadcasting was false.

The high legal standard of proof in defamation cases makes it difficult for a company such as Dominion to prevail against a media organization like Fox News. Dominion has to persuade a jury that people at Fox were, in effect, saying one thing in private while telling their audience exactly the opposite. And that requires showing a jury convincing evidence that speaks to the state of mind of those who were making the decisions at the network.

In Delaware Superior Court on Wednesday, Dominion’s lawyers argued that they had obtained ample evidence to make that case.

One lawyer for Dominion said that “not a single Fox witness” so far had produced anything supporting the various false claims about the company that were uttered repeatedly on the network. And in some cases, other high-profile hosts and senior executives echoed Hannity’s doubts about what Trump and his allies like Powell were saying, according to the Dominion lawyer, Stephen Shackelford.

This included Meade Cooper, who oversees prime-time programming for Fox News, and prime-time star Tucker Carlson, Shackelford said. “Many of the highest-ranking Fox people have admitted under oath that they never believed the Dominion lies,” he said, naming Cooper and Carlson.

Shackelford described how Carlson, the most rabid of Trump supporters and promoter of wild theories,  had “tried to squirm out of it at his deposition” when asked about what he really believed. Shackelford started to elaborate about what Carlson had said privately, telling the judge about the existence of text messages the host had sent in November and December of 2020. But the judge, Eric M. Davis, cut him off, leaving the specific contents of those texts unknown.

Another previously unknown detail emerged on Wednesday showing that an employee of Fox Corp., the parent company of Fox News, had tried to intervene with the White House to stop Powell. According to Nelson, that employee called the fraud claims “outlandish” and pressed Trump’s staff to get rid of Powell, who was advising the president on filing legal challenges to the results.

Nelson said that evidence cut straight to the heart of whether Fox Corp., which is controlled by Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch, was also liable for defamation. Davis ruled in June that Dominion could sue the larger, highly profitable corporation, which includes the Fox network on basic television and a lucrative sports broadcasting division.

A second issue was whether certain evidence that Dominion has used against Fox in its court filings — including emails among Fox employees and a page from a deposition in which someone from Fox describes the journalistic processes of one of the network’s programs — should be made public.

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
Amanda James

Amanda James

DELLO STESSO AUTORE

Michelangelo’s David Defined as “Pornography” in Florida School

Michelangelo’s David Defined as “Pornography” in Florida School

byAmanda James
Coin Minted by Brutus to Celebrate Caesar’s Death, Returned to Greece

Coin Minted by Brutus to Celebrate Caesar’s Death, Returned to Greece

byAmanda James

A PROPOSITO DI...

Tags: Big LieDominion Voting SystemsDonald TrumpElection fraudFOX newsSean HannitySidney PowellTucker Carlson
Previous Post

Il Senato approva un budget da $1.700 miliardi e scongiura lo shutdown

Next Post

Sam Bankman-Fried libero a New York dopo una cauzione da $250 milioni

Discussion about this post

DELLO STESSO AUTORE

Pillole del giorno dagli Stati Uniti

Fox’s Carlson Back to Kissing Trump’s A** After Saying He Hates Him “Passionately”

byAmanda James
Danish Princes Stripped of their Titles: Their Dad Joachim Walks Away in a Huff

Danish Princes Stripped of their Titles: Their Dad Joachim Walks Away in a Huff

byAmanda James

Latest News

Bielorussia: ‘Armi nucleari russe in risposta a minacce Nato’

Bielorussia: ‘Armi nucleari russe in risposta a minacce Nato’

byAnsa
Francia: oggi 10/a giornata mobilitazione, timori sicurezza

Francia: oggi 10/a giornata mobilitazione, timori sicurezza

byAnsa

New York

Long Island is a Marijuana Desert, Not Easy to Get a Weed Retail License

Long Island is a Marijuana Desert, Not Easy to Get a Weed Retail License

byLeo Gardner
A Doll’s House: a Production so Powerful it Needs only a Stark Set

A Doll’s House: a Production so Powerful it Needs only a Stark Set

byJK Clarke

Italiany

La crisi dell’istruzione nel mondo: 2/3 dei bambini non capiscono cosa leggono

Master Fondazione Italia-Usa: altre 200 borse di studio “Next Generation”

byLa Voce di New York
World Pasta Day: negli USA sempre più Made in Italy grazie all’ICE

World Pasta Day: negli USA sempre più Made in Italy grazie all’ICE

byNicola Corradi
Next Post
Sam Bankman-Fried libero a New York dopo una cauzione da $250 milioni

Sam Bankman-Fried libero a New York dopo una cauzione da $250 milioni

La Voce di New York

Editor in Chief:  Giampaolo Pioli   |   English Editor: Grace Russo Bullaro

  • New York
    • Eventi
  • Onu
  • News
    • Primo Piano
    • Politica
    • Voto Estero
    • Economia
    • First Amendment
  • People
    • Nuovo Mondo
  • Arts
    • Arte e Design
    • Spettacolo
    • Musica
    • Libri
    • Lingua Italiana
  • Lifestyles
    • Fashion
    • Scienza e Salute
    • Sport
    • Religioni
  • Food & Wine
  • Travel
    • Italia
  • Mediterraneo
  • English
  • Search/Archive
  • About us
    • Editorial Staff
    • President
    • Administration
    • Advertising

VNY Media La Voce di New York © 2016 - 2022
Main Office: 230 Park Avenue, 21floor, New York, NY 10169 | Editorial Office/Redazione: UN Secretariat Building, International Press Corps S-301, New York, NY 10017

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • New York
  • Onu
  • News
    • Elezioni 2022
    • Primo Piano
    • Politica
    • Economia
    • First Amendment
  • Arts
    • Speciale Venezia
    • Arte e Design
    • Spettacolo
    • Musica
    • Libri
  • Lifestyles
    • Fashion
    • Scienza e Salute
    • Sport
    • Religioni
  • Food & Wine
    • Cucina Italiana
  • Travel
    • Italia
  • English
    • Arts
    • Business
    • Entertainment
    • Food & Wine
    • Letters
    • Lifestyles
    • Mediterranean
    • New York
    • News
  • Subscribe for only $6/Year

© 2016/2022 VNY Media La Voce di New York

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms bellow to register

All fields are required. Log In
By clicking on "Create my account" or by registering, you accept the Term of Service and the Privacy Policy.

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
Are you sure want to unlock this post?
Unlock left : 0
Are you sure want to cancel subscription?