Thread by @existentialfish

As Angelo notes, we've obtained a lightly redacted copy of Dominion's motion for summary judgment in the case against Fox News/ I'll be noting some excerpts here

and we're off -- page 1 lists just some of the quotes from the rest of the filing

Here's Fox chief political anchor Bret Baier warning the network about Maria Bartiromo's social media posts

Baier apparently learning about an emerging conspiracy theory on lou dobbs' show by way of viewer mail

Fox was alerted that 4chan wanted them to spread Dominion conspiracy theories

Fox execs apparently took Pirro's show off the air after the election because her guests would all push election denial. Justin Wells, a top Tucker producer, calls Pirro "crazy"

This is really nuts. Maria Bartiromo ran an election-denying Sidney Powell segment based on an email to Powell that is completely deranged; an excerpt: "The Wind tells me I’m a ghost, but I don’t believe it.”

Fox executives and Raj Shah's "brand" team were apparently very concerned when Neil Cavuto fact checked Kayleigh McEnany (Fox has since hired McEnany)

Fox exec on Newsmax: “their hosts were extremely one sided, ignored the facts, they did not seem to care about telling the truth, they seemed to invest truly in conspiracy theories versus fact.”

Fox hosts were very worried about alternatives to Fox emerging

An Ingraham producer was livid at the dominion talk and for Ingraham for following Trump's and far-right tweets on it: "This dominion shit is going to give me a fucking aneurysm—as many times as I’ve told Laura it’s bs, she sees shit posters and trump tweeting about it"

Tucker Carlson said that a Fox reporter should be fired for fact-checking one of Trump's tweets on Dominion. Fox exec Suzanne Scott said the reporter "has serious nerve doing this"

i'd love to know what the fox brainroom found re dominion, but it is redacted

Rupert Murdoch warned about Giuliani

Fox execs were unhappy when a Fox reporter fact checked Giuliani and Sidney Powell's insane press conference, even calling the reporter to tell her that. Meanwhile, Ingraham and Tucker were calling her crazy.

serendipitous that this ended up in the lawsuit

Tucker Carlson says that he tried to get the Trump White House to disavow Sidney Powell

When Mike Lindell pushed election conspiracies late in January 2021 on his show, Tucker Carlson knew he would because it happened in the pre-interview as well (also it's lindell, obviously he'll do that)

On January 5, 2021, Rupert Murdoch suggested all Fox primetime hosts issue a statement that the election was over and Biden won.

Filing is here: cloudfront.mediamatters.org/static/D8File/…

"as early as November 5, Fox’s Chief Political Correspondent Bret Baier stated privately 'There is NO evidence of fraud. None.'"

Fox exec on Lou Dobbs' show pushing a false claim: “Jesus Christ. Does anyone do a fucking simple google search or read emails?” (Also we get a hint at what the Brainroom found)

"Not a single Fox witness testified that they believe any of the allegations about Dominion are true."

They all knew it was BS the entire time

The list of Fox execs who participated in relevant meetings includes both Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch

Fox exec who knew what was happening and that it was wrong, being more concerned about Newsmax and ratings. "Hannity brought Powell on mere days after Mitchell had an analysis done that showed Fox viewers were switching the channel specifically to watch Sidney Powell as a guest.

Fox Business president was warned that Maria Bartiromo “has gop conspiracy theorists in her ear and they use her for their message sometimes.” "

Fox exec on Maria Bartiromo's "crazy wrong shit"

Fox exec on Newsmax: "They’re not a news organization….[W]e have to follow journalistic rules…they do not have to and they simply do not.”

Additional detail about that wild email that led to a Powell Dominion segment w/ Bartiromo. "Powell’s source also explained that she gets her information from experiencing something “like time-travel in a semi-conscious state,” allowing her to “see what others don’t see"

They knew. They had a chance to do something, and instead did absolutely nothing.

lol

the entire dobbs section is wild in just the way that you would expect (there's more this is just part)

Fox execs warned Pirro about pushing Dominion claims, PIrro had Powell on anyway and didn't push back

Lot of redactions for this date, but Pirro's remarks about Dominion were pre-taped

Fox & Friends ran Powell's interview as a teaser and Bartiromo made more false claims

"Campos-Duffy admitted under oath that she’s never seen any evidence to support Giuliani’s claims."

Hannity told his audience that the hand count in Georgia would be critical re: Dominion claims. Then when the hand count was finished and the result stayed the same, Hannity hosted Sidney Powell again and "said nothing" about the hand count.

"Hannity texted that Powell was a 'F’ing lunatic'"

Fox personalities on Sidney Powell:

Fox personalities on Rudy Giuliani: "such an idiot" "full of shit" "acting like an insane person” "Crazy town" "Really crazy stuff. And damaging.”

Fox personalities on Lindell

Fox personalities on other Fox personalities. "nuts" "crazy" "crazier" "a little out there"

Text to Bartiromo: "To be honest, our audience doesn’t want to hear about a peaceful transition. They still have hope...”

Bartiromo answered, “Yes, agree.”

Late-November text in Hannity's group text thread regarding the show's ratings: "our best minutes from last week were on the voting irregularities.”

A top Tucker Carlson producer: "We can’t make people think we’ve turned against Trump"

"Remarkably, Fox has no written editorial guidelines"

"The afternoon of January 6, after the Capitol came under attack, then President Trump dialed into Lou Dobbs’ show attempting to get on air. But Fox executives vetoed that decision"

There's more here but honestly, you've all heard way more than enough from me today.