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Rupert Murdoch

Included on the basis of: Associated participant / materially involved — Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC (2021–2023)

This inclusion basis documents a material connection to a qualifying record above; it does not classify Rupert Murdoch as an extremist or as anti-democratic, or assert that they personally meet any of ExtremismLedger's inclusion criteria.

Chairman Emeritus of Fox Corporation and News Corp since November 2023; previously chairman of both companies.

Documented claims

Documented fact

In deposition testimony made public in the Dominion litigation, Murdoch, when asked whether hosts Lou Dobbs, Maria Bartiromo, Jeanine Pirro, and Sean Hannity had "endorsed" false 2020 election-fraud claims, answered, "Yes. They endorsed."

Documented fact

Asked in deposition whether he personally could have ordered that Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani not be booked as guests, Murdoch answered, "I could have. But I didn't," and separately stated, "I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight."

Documented fact

Murdoch questioned in deposition whether Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham "went too far" in pushing fraud claims, and called it "wrong" that Tucker Carlson hosted Mike Lindell on January 26, 2021 to repeat allegations against Dominion.

Relationships

Confirmed Leadership role — Fox News Network (Chairman, Fox Corporation (until November 17, 2023; Chairman Emeritus thereafter))

? – 11/17/2023

Confirmed Associated with incident — Dominion Voting Systems, Inc. v. Fox News Network, LLC (2021–2023) (Deponent whose testimony is documented in the litigation record)