Tucker Carlson's Rejection of MAGA 'Kraken' Lawyer Actually Backfires on Fox New

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In the past, Fox News lawyers have successfully argued in court that viewers should not believe what Tucker Carlson tells them. So, it’s ironic that a judge cited a rare display of Carlson’s journalistic prudence to reject Fox’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit

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Tucker Carlson’s Rejection of MAGA ‘Kraken’ Lawyer Actually Backfires on Fox News
A rare display of journalistic prudence by Tucker may have just undercut Fox’s efforts to dismiss Smartmatic’s multibillion-dollar defamation suit.
7:00 PM · Mar 9, 2022

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucker-carlsons-rejection-of-kraken-lawyer-sidney-powell-actually-backfires-on-fox-news

In the past, Fox News lawyers have successfully argued in court that viewers literally should not believe what Tucker Carlson tells them.

Therefore, it’s more than a little ironic that a judge this week cited a rare display of Carlson’s journalistic prudence to reject the network’s motion to dismiss a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit, adding that Fox News may have “purposefully ignored” its popular host’s efforts to substantiate claims made on its airwaves.

In a 61-page ruling handed down on Tuesday, New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen wrote that voting-tech firm Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News’s parent company Fox Corp., two of its hosts, and former Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani can proceed. Smartmatic accused the defendants of fabricating and airing false claims that the company was part of a massive vote-flipping conspiracy to “steal” the 2020 election from former President Donald Trump.

While the judge said the firm’s case against Fox, current Fox anchor Maria Bartiromo, and former Fox Business host Lou Dobbs could move forward, he granted the motions to dismiss by Fox News host Jeanine Pirro and ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, who infamously promised to “unleash the kraken” with a series of unhinged lawsuits alleging voter fraud. (Cohen said Pirro never directly accused Smartmatic of fraudulent activity, and the judge agreed with Powell that New York does not have jurisdiction over her.)


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