Suzanne Scott
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 Suzanne Scott as an extremist or as anti-democratic, or assert that they personally meet any of ExtremismLedger's inclusion criteria.
Chief Executive Officer, Fox News Media, since 2018.
Documented claims
Scott privately warned colleagues not to "give the crazies an inch" following the 2020 election.
- Fox News CEO warned against 'crazies' after 2020 election, Dominion says — NPR (10/06/2022) [Primary]
Scott, along with Fox Corporation CEO Lachlan Murdoch, was reported to have made the decision to part ways with Tucker Carlson in April 2023, one week after the Dominion settlement.
- Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News in Shakeup After Settlement — Bloomberg (04/24/2023) [Primary]
On December 2, 2020, after a Fox News correspondent fact-checked President Trump's unsupported election-fraud claims on air, Scott wrote internally that "This has to stop now," and that the fact-check was "bad for business" given "a lack of understanding of what is happening in these shows."
- Fox News CEO privately lamented network's election fact-check as 'bad for business' — CNN (03/29/2023) [Primary]
- Judge in Dominion's Defamation Case Suggests Fox News Has a 'Lou Dobbs Problem' — The Daily Beast (03/21/2023) [Corroborating]
Relationships
- Fox News CEO privately lamented network's election fact-check as 'bad for business' — CNN (03/29/2023) [Primary]