Murdoch Allegedly Agreed Fox Wasn’t Interested in Red Versus Blue. It Wanted ‘Green.’
Dominion’s filings provided one of the most emblematic quote of what the ongoing allegations mean for Fox. During the deposition, lawyers asked Murdoch why Fox continued to offer a platform to “MyPillow guy” Mike Lindell, a verbose election conspiracist. A Dominion lawyer said “It is not red or blue, it is green.” Murdoch “agreed,” according to the filing.
The Dominion fillings allege that in mid-December, Lindell said Fox was “in on stealing the election from Trump.” Subsequently, Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott sent him a personal note and gift and suggested Lindell gets good ratings on Fox.
Though Murdoch said he could have told Fox News to stop running Lindell’s ads, he reportedly said “The man is on every night. Pays us a lot of money… At first you think it’s comic, and then you get bored and irritated.”
