The lawsuit against Fox News's parent company can go forward.
Fox News was thought to benefit from pushing election lies.
Delaware Judge Eric M. Davis said it was time to look into the facts of the case.
The judge in Delaware ruled that the election company's allegations that the Murdochs pushed election lies had enough merit to move the case forward.
The judge ruled that the lawsuit could proceed against Fox News. A motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied by the new decision.
According to Davis, the parent company may be held responsible for pushing false claims that the company rigged the 2020 presidential election in favor of President Joe Biden.
The Murdochs allegedly made a "business calculation" to spread former President Trump's story through Fox News even though they did not personally believe it. Fox Corporation's employees and officers were accused of having direct responsibility for airing the statements.
Fox Broadcasting was removed from the case because the lawsuit was too speculative about its role in the election.
According to media reports, Fox News gained the approval of the Murdochs before calling Arizona for Biden in the election. Newsmax and One America News gained popularity as they denied the reality of Biden's victory and Fox News' ratings plummeted.
According to Dominion, the executives of Fox Corporation believed Fox News would benefit if it endorsed former President Trump's election fraud narrative and suffer if it did not.
The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post, two other media organizations under the Murdoch family's control, denounced President Trump's claims and urged him to concede defeat. The Murdochs acted with malice and should be subject to discovery in the defamation case.
The House of Representatives is holding hearings over the January 6 insurrection, where a mob of pro-Trump rioters tried to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 election results.
The Republican speaker of the Arizona state House said Rudy Giuliani knew there wasn't evidence for election manipulation when he was a lawyer for Donald Trump.
The court decision raises the stakes for Fox News' legal battles. The trial for the lawsuit is scheduled to take place on April 23, 2023. The company is facing a lawsuit of its own from Smartmatic, a rival election technology company, which is moving forward in New York.
The lawsuits against Fox News are an assault on the First Amendment, according to Fox News. A representative for Fox didn't reply immediately.
Newsmax, One America News, Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and MyPillow have all been sued by Smartmatic.
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