{"id":1201,"date":"2026-02-08T20:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:29:16","slug":"fox-news-is-about-to-enter-the-true-no-spin-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"Fox News is about to enter the true No Spin Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n This is it.\n <\/p>\n

\n The media defamation trial of the century is on the precipice of kicking off in Wilmington, Delaware, in just days.\n <\/p>\n

\n Jury selection in Dominion Voting Systems\u2019 monster $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit took place all of Thursday, with 300 potential jurors being summoned to court. Good progress was made and the presiding judge noted that there were \u201cmore than enough jurors\u201d to start the trial as scheduled on Monday.\n <\/p>\n

\n It is there, in Courtroom 7E, where the biggest figures in Murdoch Media, accompanied by a throng of high-powered lawyers, will attempt to mount their defense after repeatedly failing to convince a judge to toss the now-historic case.\n <\/p>\n

\n A version of this article first appeared in the \u201cReliable Sources\u201d newsletter. <\/em>Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here.<\/em><\/a>\n <\/p>\n

\n It\u2019s, frankly, extraordinary to write those words. When I watched Fox News broadcast election lies in the aftermath of the 2020 election, never did I expect the network to be held accountable in a meaningful way.\n <\/p>\n

\n I\u2019ve covered Fox News for a while now. I\u2019ve watched thousands and thousands of hours of the right-wing channel\u2019s programming. I\u2019ve seen its hosts over the years undermine public health, make gross anti-immigrant remarks, peddle lies and propaganda and push deranged conspiracy theories that were once reserved for the right-wing\u2019s furthest fringes.\n <\/p>\n

\n The network has always seemed to find a way to sail through the controversy, even the most hellish storms it has faced. Sometimes it has emerged even stronger and more emboldened than before.\n <\/p>\n

\n But this time is different. This time, the normal tricks the network turns to during times of crisis will not free it from trouble. This time, in a court of law, the network will need to put forward an honest, fact-driven argument.\n <\/p>\n

\n Fox News is about to enter the true No Spin Zone, where deception is strictly prohibited. Where it is not in charge. And where its top executives like Rupert Murdoch and Suzanne Scott and hosts like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity cannot simply ignore a request for comment and resort to, instead, attacking \u201cthe media\u201d on-air.\n <\/p>\n

\n In this setting, where lies cannot be casually told and truth cannot be distorted beyond reality to fit a dishonest narrative, it will be fascinating to see how the network fares. If the pre-trial hearings are any indicator, it won\u2019t be pretty. The case hasn\u2019t even started and the presiding judge has already lost his patience with Fox\u2019s legal team and put them on notice.\n <\/p>\n

\n Perhaps the winds will shift for Fox News when the judge gavels in the trial on Monday. But if they play out like the last few weeks of court have, Fox News is in for a brutal ride.\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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