- for over $30 billion and die a death of a thousand lawsuits after Rupert’s admissions under oath

By Shane Dowling

Rupert Murdoch’s companies are set to be sued out of existence after Rupert gave evidence under oath that Fox News commentators knowingly lied to their audience about the 2020 presidential election being stolen from Donald Trump and Rupert said he could have stopped the lies but didn’t.

This evidence was released in the US (27/2/2023) in a redacted court filing by Dominion Voting Systems in their $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp and Fox News. (Click here to read Dominion’s redacted filing)

Rupert Murdoch’s business model has always been to tell lies about companies and people for profit but Rupert’s admissions could, and almost certainly will be, used by literally thousands of people to sue Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch and their companies.

Election technology business Smartmatic is also suing Fox News for $2.4 billion which brings the current total of lawsuits against Fox Corp to $4 billion.

Some have argued that because Fox is successful it has “a licence to print money” and can handle the lawsuits. I disagree and my guess, with the reasoning outlined below, is the total amount parent company Fox Corp and Fox News will be sued for in the coming months and years will likely exceed $30 billion US dollars.

For people questioning the $30 billion estimate it’s worth noting that “Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy after he and the parent of his Infowars website were ordered to pay about $1.5 billion for spreading lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting.” (Click here to read more)

The verdict came in a defamation lawsuit filed by some of the families of 26 people who were killed in the 2012 shooting, plus an FBI agent who was among the first responders. A Texas jury in August awarded nearly $50 million to the parents of another slain child. (Click here to read more)

Alex Jones was sued by the families of the families of the 26 people killed at Sandy Hook which led to a $1.5 billion judgment against him so if it turns out that hundreds if not thousands sue Murdoch’s companies Fox Corp, Fox News and News Corp then $30 billion is a reasonable estimate.

The lawsuits in the US could also quickly spill to Murdoch’s News Corp in the US, which owns the Wall Street Journal and other assets, and the UK and Australia where News Corp has substantial operations. Murdoch’s Australian newspapers and Sky News Australia work under the same business model that Murdoch uses at Fox News which is telling lies about people and companies for profit.

Below is a video overview of this matter.