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After legal threat, Fox airs news package debunking election fraud claims made by its own hosts ( Smartmatic )
CNN.COM ^ | 12/20/2020 | oliver darcey

Posted on 12/20/2020 11:24:22 AM PST by bitt

If President Trump tunes into Fox News this weekend, he may see something unexpected: a point-by-point fact-check to wild election fraud claims made by some of his favorite hosts on the network.

After voting technology company Smartmatic sent Fox News a blistering legal threat that accused the network of participating in a "disinformation campaign" against it, the network has started airing a remarkable news package debunking claims its hosts and guests have propagated. The package aired for the first time Friday night on Lou Dobbs' show. Fox News said the same package would air Saturday night on Jeanine Pirro's program as well as Sunday morning on Maria Bartiromo's show. All three hosts, who use their platforms to air pro-Trump propaganda, are close with the President. The stunning news package featured an interview with voting technology expert Eddie Perez, who poured cold water on a series of conspiracy theories that have been amplified and promoted on the shows of Dobbs, Pirro, and Bartiromo.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: debunkingfacts; fox; smartmatic; wilddenials
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1 posted on 12/20/2020 11:24:22 AM PST by bitt
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

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2 posted on 12/20/2020 11:24:39 AM PST by bitt (Anton Chekov: “Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out.”)
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Ain’t watching Fox or CNN.


3 posted on 12/20/2020 11:30:08 AM PST by Luke21 (Elections you say? We get them next election? )
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4 posted on 12/20/2020 11:32:01 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: bitt

No bias or propaganda in this “article.”


5 posted on 12/20/2020 11:32:44 AM PST by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: bitt

It’s like watching the Wicked Witch of the West after Dorothy threw a bucket of water on her (Wizard of Oz).
“I’m melting! Melting!!!!” as the MSM becomes a filthy little puddle that flows into the storm drain...


6 posted on 12/20/2020 11:33:49 AM PST by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: bitt

cnn and fox merged already? Wow that was quick.


7 posted on 12/20/2020 11:35:26 AM PST by V_TWIN (Where's Hunter???)
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“Legal threat” means no legal action was taken. They just threatened.


8 posted on 12/20/2020 11:37:07 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: Luke21

Incredible disinformation campaign.


9 posted on 12/20/2020 11:41:23 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (I do not regret my decision to cut all ties with Fox News. CNN is pure trash.)
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If FOX also kowtows to a lawsuit from Dominion, then we really have a problem.

I would not be surprised to see FOX also crater to Dominion. In fact, Paul Ryan probably has already been on the phone to Dominion encouraging them to file such a lawsuit.

Once a coverup starts, the succeeding coverups become even greater.


10 posted on 12/20/2020 11:48:46 AM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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The Fox news package features voting tech expert Eddie Perez debunking conspiracy "theories" promoted on Dobbs, Pirro, and Bartiromo's shows.

Did Perez do the ‘Simple Math’ that Shows Biden Claiming 13 MILLION More Votes Than There Were Eligible Voters Who Voted for him in Nov 2020?

11 posted on 12/20/2020 11:48:51 AM PST by Liz ( Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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Incredible disinformation campaign.
Yep - and large numbers of sheep fall for it.
12 posted on 12/20/2020 11:55:03 AM PST by dainbramaged (Windage and Elevation)
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To: bitt

Amazing isn’t it, that all these people, as well as Dominion/Smartmatic, who claim no fraud existed, haven’t bothered to conduct any of their own tests, studies, etc., to prove that they are right. All they can say is it didn’t happen.


13 posted on 12/20/2020 11:57:03 AM PST by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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FNC ran this repulsive piece of drivel last night right at the end of Judge Janeen’s show. I was disgusted. One more reason to stop watching FNC.


14 posted on 12/20/2020 11:57:58 AM PST by libstripper (juired in )
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I don’t think so. Ownership threat.


15 posted on 12/20/2020 12:01:47 PM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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They trot out some Puerto Rican who went to the unbiased bastions of knowledge known as Georgetown and Cal Berkeley to lecture Los Gringos not to believe their own lying eyes?

Good scam. Gotta be high fivin’ each other over shutting down any investigation by Faux.


16 posted on 12/20/2020 12:32:07 PM PST by Regulator (It's Fraud, Jim)
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This is how to fight the enemy, Fox used the suit as an excuse to make Dobbs & Maria bend.

From Lin Wood


17 posted on 12/20/2020 12:35:26 PM PST by JonPreston ( Crash the whole corrupt thing down)
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Perfect! These idiots really think they would win in court when all you have to do is bring in one machine with 100 ballots, 50 for Trump and 50 for Biden and run a test demo. Good for Lin. Call their bluff and humiliate them in court!


18 posted on 12/20/2020 12:42:33 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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Lin Wood remains on fire


19 posted on 12/20/2020 12:46:23 PM PST by thinden
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To: bitt

l8r


20 posted on 12/20/2020 12:52:33 PM PST by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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