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
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.
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. they are destroying our brand. this ceo of fox news herself says, we are going to reset. this is a new day, from day one. and from then on it is a cascade of these fraudulent false claims of fraud, the dominion machines are somehow
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 trust we have lost with our audience? we are playing with fire, for real. and an alternative, like the ultraconservative channel newsmax, could be devastating to us. three days later, the president of fox news, a man named jay wallace, texted fox news ceo susan scott. the newsmax surge is a bit troubling. it truly is an alternate universe when you watch. but it can t be ignored. fox news ceo replied, yes, to