Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch
Former President Donald Trump, left, and Rupert Murdoch, right, in a composite image.
  • New court documents reveal internal Fox News execs dealing with Trump's election fraud claims.
  • In an email, chairman Rupert Murdoch discussed having prime-time anchors acknowledge Biden's win.
  • A joint statement would "go a long way to stop the Trump myth that the election stolen," he wrote.

New court documents revealed in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit against Fox News showed how network executives, including chairman Rupert Murdoch, privately acknowledged its reporters had gone "too far" in supporting the "Trump myth" of election fraud.

In a January 5, 2021 email sent to Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News, Murdoch wrote: