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Media magnate Rupert Murdoch, right, huddles with Preston Padden, president of network distribution for Fox, during a hearing of the Federal Communications Commission in May 1995. A generation later, Padden says Murdoch is unfit to hold the licenses for local television stations due to Fox News.

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A former Fox executive now argues Murdoch is unfit to own TV stations

11:54am August 09, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Preston Padden helped Rupert Murdoch launch the Fox broadcast network in the 1990s. Now he argues Murdoch has proved unfit to hold the license for a Philadelphia station.

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson speaks at a National Review Institute event on March 29, 2019, in Washington, D.C. The network announced Monday that it would "part ways" with Carlson.

Tucker Carlson departs Fox News following network's $787 million settlement

1:48pm April 24, 2023

by David Folkenflik

Fox News announced in an abrupt statement it will "part ways" with longtime host Tucker Carlson, seen by many as the face of the network's brand. The star figured prominently in the Dominion lawsuit.

Fox News host Maria Bartiromo invited Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell on her show to discuss allegations of election fraud based on an email laying out claims even the writer called "pretty wackadoodle."

Politics & Government

The 'wackadoodle' foundation of Fox News' election-fraud claims

5:02am February 20, 2023

by David Folkenflik

A woman who put forth election-fraud claims that even she described as "pretty wackadoodle" was a source for baseless claims aired by Fox News in 2020. The network is now being sued for defamation.

Former Fox News staffer Laura Luhn sued the network yesterday alleging years of sexual abuse by its former chairman, the late Roger Ailes. Ailes is shown above in July 2016 outside Fox's New York City headquarters shortly before his ouster.

Politics & Government

Ex-staffer sues Fox News and former Trump aide over sexual abuse claims

9:27pm January 26, 2023

by David Folkenflik

In a lawsuit, an ex-staffer alleges the late Fox News chief Roger Ailes, shown above, sexually abused her for years. She is also suing former top Fox executive Bill Shine, alleging he enabled Ailes.

Fox Corp. Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of News Corp Lachlan Murdoch and his wife, Sarah, arrive at the White House to attend a state dinner honoring Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 20, 2019. Murdoch and h

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Fox Corp CEO Lachlan Murdoch Heads To Australia As Fox News Faces Headwinds

4:13pm March 30, 2021

by David Folkenflik

Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO and co-executive chairman of Fox Corp, has left Los Angeles for Sydney at a time when Fox News is reckoning with major lawsuits and questions over its direction.