The judge in a $1.6 billion defamation case said Fox News has a “credibility problem,” based on the last-minute revelation about Rupert Murdoch’s role at the company, which may have affected his decision-making about narrowing the scope of the case.
Justin Nelson, an attorney for Dominion, told the judge in the case that the company had been led to believe that Murdoch held the title of officer only for Fox’s parent company. But over the past few days, he said, Dominion learned that the mogul also holds an officer title for Fox News.
“My problem is that it’s been represented more than once to me that he’s not an officer of Fox News,” Davis said. “I need to feel comfortable that when you represent something to me, it’s the truth. I’m not very happy right now. I don’t know why this is such a difficult thing.” An attorney for Fox said Murdoch’s Fox News officership was an “honorific” and pointed out that Murdoch gave his corporate title, chair of Fox Corp., during his deposition.
Ultimately, the judge said Tuesday that he doesn’t anticipate that the revelation will derail the case but that he still needs to determine how to handle the matter.
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