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Former Tucker producer changes defamation testimony calling Fox News 'activists, not journalists' [1]

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Date: 2023-03-27

Grossberg’s new filing adds more details to her claims of being pressured by Fox lawyers in her testimony. According to a new errata sheet—a legal filing of corrections for previous testimony—Grossberg makes some very big changes to her 2022 deposition. A most damning example is Grossberg changing her original answer, when asked whether or not she trusted the Fox producers with whom she worked, to a big “no,” followed by, “They’re activists, not journalists, and impose their political agendas on the programming.”

Grossberg also originally said in her September deposition that it wasn’t important to issue a correction when a guest said something untrue on Bartiromo’s Fox News program, “Sunday Morning Futures.” But in her new testimony, she said, “Yes,” because “although our guests had the right to answer how they pleased, it was Maria’s responsibility to push back against untrue statements with facts or follow-up questions.”

In the complaint, Grossberg also says that she was “pressured to respond with a generic ‘I do not recall’ whenever she had the opportunity, even if she, in fact, did have a recollection, albeit perhaps not a perfect one.” At the same time, Grossberg says she was supposed to fall on her sword and “should not reveal how she was unable to read and react to all the email warnings Dominion had sent to Fox News because of inadequate staffing and lack of resources.” Grossberg also says that she was “coached” to say that a pre-recorded segment with lying hair-dye dripper Rudy Giuliani (Trump’s lawyer at the time) was “live to tape.” A clear lie that would give plausible deniability to the network in that they could argue there was no way to edit out false election claims.

But that is not all. Grossber’s errata sheet has a lot of other juicy claims:

Grossberg’s lawyers say that Friday’s firing is a clear act of retaliation on the part of the right-wing news network. Fox News’ lawyers responded to these new allegations by saying:

“Like most organizations, Fox News Media’s attorneys engage in privileged communications with our employees as necessary to provide legal advice. Last week, our attorneys advised Ms. Grossberg that, while she was free to file whatever legal claims she wished, she was in possession of our privileged information and was not authorized to disclose it publicly. We were clear that if she violated our instructions, Fox would take appropriate action including termination. Ms. Grossberg ignored these communications and chose to file her complaint without taking any steps to protect those portions containing Fox’s privileged information. We will continue to vigorously defend Fox against Ms. Grossberg’s unmeritorious legal claims, which are riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees.”

Grossberg and Bartiromo have deservedly received flack for their part in the misinformation campaigns that comprise all of Fox News. One particularly damning piece of evidence came out during the defamation lawsuit, showing the two promoted a source that considered herself to maybe possibly be a “ghost.” Like a literal ghost, boo! Not the metaphorical kind.

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