Dominion’s legal battle with Fox News began as a lawsuit against the "false claims about a stolen election, alleging that the voting technology company was part of a purported plot to steal votes from defeated former president Donald Trump."

What was not expected, though, was the reveal of the hidden workings of Fox News itself, specifically the host’s own opinions on the channel's handling of information.

In text messages, Tucker Carlson, among other Fox News hosts, called out the election fraud claims supported by Trump and his team for being blatantly false while also amplifying the message of election fraud during their own shows.

Possibly one of the most incriminating statements includes him telling Sidney Powell that "if she did not have evidence of election fraud at a massive scale, her repeated claims that millions of votes were changed by voting machines were 'cruel and reckless.'"

This reveal is only more concerning after Keith Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the media empire that owns Fox News, stated that Fox News hosts have amplified the idea that election fraud was committed regarding the 2020 election but denied the idea that "Fox News as a whole had endorsed the stolen election narrative."

While the blame is being placed on the hosts themselves, the confirmation of false claims being endorsed by anyone involved, especially those who do not believe in what was being said, highlights an interesting position that modern news is taking: that of a brand. While this...

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