Schumer, Jeffries ask Murdoch to stop Fox hosts lying about 2020 election

[mystery-ak]

 Schumer, Jeffries ask Murdoch to stop Fox hosts lying about 2020 election
by Alexander Bolton - 03/01/23 9:30 AM ET

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) have sent a letter to Fox Corporation Chairman Rupert Murdoch asking him to stop Fox News personalities from “spreading false election narratives,” warning they could lead to “further acts of political violence.” 

The Democratic leaders focus on Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has received exclusive access from Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to review security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

“We demand that you direct Tucker Carlson and other hosts on your network to stop spreading false election narratives and admit on the air that they were wrong to engage in such negligent behavior,” Schumer and Jeffries wrote. 

The Democratic leaders point to Murdoch’s deposition testimony in which he acknowledged several network hosts “endorsed” false narratives about the 2020 election being stolen and that he and other Fox executives didn’t stop them. 

“Though you have acknowledged your regret in allowing this grave propaganda to take place, your network hosts continue to promote, spew, and perpetuate election conspiracy theories to this day,” they wrote. 

They noted that that Murdoch at one point characterized former President Trump’s claims that the election was stolen as “really crazy stuff” but has allowed Fox News hosts to continue “to peddle election denialism to the American people.”

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[Kamaji]

What's false about the claims that (a) there is strong evidence that there was significant election fraud committed during the 2020 election, (b) there is no way to prove otherwise because there is little to no audit trail for elections, and (c) it's therefore impossible to rule out the possibility that the 2020 election was stolen by the democrats?

Without adequate safeguards on our elections - safeguards that the democrats have universally opposed, on the specious grounds of racism - these points cannot be discounted, and it is precisely the actions and conduct of the democrats that have ensured that they cannot be ruled out.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Jeffries and Schumer do not have the moral high ground when it comes to lying ... Affordable Care Act scam ... Global Climate Change fraud.

Everything we see on TV is an effort to sell us something.  For corporate media conglomerates, the "news" is whatever is needed to keep ratings and maximize profits.

Each media brand traffics in its own mix of fear, anger, and spectacle to capture specific audience demographics.

[BellyAche]

Every media outlet has a bit of bias one way or another and they lean toward the demographics that they're targeting. We can extrapolate what we choose to investigate from varied sources. It's a messy affair and truly aggravating, but I think necessary to form opinions. But then, it's very human to want to re-enforce personal biases. Thus the messy!!

[catfish1957]

Doesn't anyone else kind of find the timing of this request (threat) fishy with the timing of the J6 camera footage review.

Sounds like a pre-emptive strike to me.