wagner tonight. good evening, alex. time for ale wagn good evening, mehdi hasa. i agree with you, the news part of fox knew should be replaced by something like fox entertainment network, fox blood sport fox in a universe something with not news. thank you, my friend. it s good to see you. good to see you as well. thank you to you at home for joining us this hour. we re going to start this friday evening with a little trivia. i read a quote and you guess who said it. president donald trump is a, quote, demonic force, a destroyer. but he is not going to destroy us. i will give you a hint here. it is not a quote from a pastor. it is from fox news host tucker carlson. last night, the dominion voting machine company filed a public version of their brief in their defamation lawsuit against fox news. and that breathe included dozens of incredible behind the scenes quotes about how fox news head honchos really actually feel. and in a lot of ways the story that dominio
i will give you a hint here. it is not a quote from a pastor. it is from fox news host tucker carlson. last night, the dominion voting machine company filed a public version of their brief in their defamation lawsuit against fox news. and that breathe included dozens of incredible behind the scenes quotes about how fox news head honchos really actually feel. and in a lot of ways the story that dominion lays out is the story of the fear of tucker carlson and his colleagues. dominion alleges that fox news changed its coverage of dominion voting machines and the 2020 election out of fear that, if fox did not stay loyal to donald trump and his followers, the network would lose its audience and, with it, a whole lot of money. on november 7th, fox s decision desk all the 2020 election for joe biden. dominion revealed a text sent from tucker carlson to one of his producers that day, after fox called the election. and it said, to the executives understand how much credibility and tru
appear to be a group of former fbi agents who traffic and conspiracy theories, and have little evidence of actual wrongdoing. we re gonna take you through that report later on this hour. democratic committee matter colin allred slamming the committee s efforts right here on msnbc, take a listen. as somebody who served in the obama administration, and now in congress, i think this is the ten four house committee, there s nothing here. they said it s going to be the response to january six committee given that, apparently in a similar budget, and they have nothing, that s because there is no there there. it s also a waste of taxpayer dollars, and of our time. meanwhile brand new reporting on how president biden s 2024 strategy is taking shape. the washington post reports the president s team is moving quickly to endless potential rivals for a national advisory board. the group of democratic governors, senators, another party stars will travel and then speak on the president
revelations in the testimony that have been revealed so far? so, i think fox news, it was a surprise a lot of people to learn has always been viewed somewhat skeptically, especially in the last 56 years or so by donald trump s base, trump has attacked them, as we ve seen time and time again, whoever trump attacks, and calls a rhino, a republican name only, that tends to stick, and the biggest threat to fox news as we ve seen in the pages and pages of testimony, and evidence that s been released so far as they were terrified of losing the audience, because once they did the right journalistic thing, and said that donald trump would win, would lose arizona, and would lose the presidency, the audience revolted because trump revolted. so what you have here is evidence that points to a pretty reckless attempt to
putting on the air was false and they did it anyway for the sake of profitability and ratings. and if you look at actually what was said on the air, in those, days when you look at what was happening to fox s ratings, that is actually very prove-able and very easy a case to present to a jury. you have fox, at one point, telling the truth, getting out ahead of the rest of the news organizations in the country, saying, biden is going to win. then, fox s audience revolted, saying, no. donald trump actually won this. and you have these extraordinary email and text exchanges from behind the scenes among fox executives and hosts, saying, whoa. our viewership is revolting. they are leaving us. they are going to newsmax.