Irish Examiner view: No clearer example than this

Fake news

Rupert Murdoch admitted under oath that Fox News wrongly endorsed the Donald Trump lie about the 2020 presidential election being stolen from him. Picture: AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File

The admission by the Fox News owner, billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch, that the US network wrongly endorsed the Donald Trump lie about the 2020 presidential election being stolen from him will send chills down the spine of any right-minded journalist or broadcaster.

Murdoch made the admission under oath during a deposition in the $1.6bn defamation action taken by Dominion Voting Systems against his network, accusing Fox News and its parent company, Fox Corporation, of maligning its reputation.