Political Quotes

“on Monday evening, reports came out that Rupert Murdoch, owner of FOX News, acknowledged in a deposition that hosts of the network promoted the false narrative that Donald Trump won the 2020 election. Asked if he could have stepped in to prevent this, Mr. Murdoch acknowledged that he could have but chose not to--he could have stepped in but chose not to--and expressed regret for not doing so. To this day, several FOX News hosts continue promoting the Big Lie. They keep spreading the Big Lie despite mounting evidence that, behind the scenes, many top hosts and executives at FOX have recognized that the stolen election narrative is entirely bogus. Nevertheless, they continue broadcasting it all the time. This morning, Leader Jeffries and I wrote a letter to Mr. Murdoch demanding that he do what he should have done a long time ago: Order Tucker Carlson and other hosts on FOX News to stop spreading lies about the election. They need to stop giving a platform to dangerous and entirely unfounded conspiracy theories that eat at the wellspring of our democracy, and they need to admit on the air that they were wrong to engage in such negligent and destructive behavior. Sadly, too much damage has already been done to our democracy. A significant segment of voters--by some measures, as much as 30 percent of the electorate--still do not believe that the 2020 election was legitimate. What FOX News hosts have done is flat-out dangerous-- dangerous.…”