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applegrove

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Mon Mar 30, 2020, 01:38 PM Mar 2020

Fox News Fears Coverage Opened Network Up to Lawsuits

Fox News Fears Coverage Opened Network Up to Lawsuits

March 30, 2020 at 8:48 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 109 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/30/fox-news-worried-coverage-opened-network-up-to-lawsuits/

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Gabriel Sherman: “When I’ve been talking to Fox insiders over the last few days, there’s a real concern inside the network that their early downplaying of the coronavirus actually exposes Fox News to potential legal action by viewers who maybe were misled and actually have died from this. I’ve heard Trish Regan’s being taken off the air is, you know, reflective of this concern that Fox News is in big trouble by downplaying this virus.”

“I think this is a case where Fox’s coverage, if it actually winds up being proved that people died because of it, this is a new terrain in terms of Fox being possibly held liable for their actions.”

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Fox News Fears Coverage Opened Network Up to Lawsuits (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2020 OP
It should, now how can we have a class action lawsuit to make this happen??? a kennedy Mar 2020 #1
Sue them into extinction. spanone Mar 2020 #2
Where are the lawyers and the plaintiffs? onecaliberal Mar 2020 #3
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