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"The woman suing Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News for defamation in the wake of the
$787m settlement with the voting machine company Dominion has accused the media
giant of waging a campaign of “vitriolic lies” against her that amounts to a
threat to democracy.
Nina Jankowicz sued Fox News and its parent company Fox Corporation for
allegedly damaging her reputation as a specialist in conspiracy theories and
disinformation campaigns. The lawsuit was lodged in a Delaware state court
exactly a year after she resigned as executive director of a new Department of
Homeland Security unit combatting online disinformation.
The Disinformation Governance Board was abruptly shut down in the wake of a
storm of virulent rightwing criticism, allegedly fueled by Fox News. Jankowicz
and the new DHS division she led were attacked as being part of a conspiracy to
censor rightwing comment spearheaded by Joe Biden.
Jankowicz resigned from the federal post on 18 May 2022, barely three weeks
into the job.
In an interview with the
Guardian, she said her motive in suing Fox was to
ensure accountability for what she alleged was a campaign of lies against her
that undermined American democracy. “There needs to be consequences,” she said.
“It was lies, very personal and very vitriolic lies. And I don’t think that is
democratic.”
She added that what she claimed was Fox’s reckless disregard for the truth had
implications for the future of the country. “If we can’t agree on statements of
fact, how can you live in a democracy?”"
Via Doug Senko, who wrote "This should be good."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
