California Gov. Newsom Sues Fox News for Defamation
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sued Fox News, alleging that the network defamed him by saying he lied about a phone call with President Trump, and is seeking at least $787 million in damages.
The lawsuit also calls for an order barring Fox from posting or broadcasting segments containing a “deceptively edited video” that Newsom says makes it appear as if Newsom lied about not talking with Trump before the president sent National Guard troops to Los Angeles in response to protests.
Newsom’s lawyers also sent a letter to Fox News demanding that the network and host Jesse Watters apologize on air about his remarks that Newsom lied about his call with the president. The letter asked the network to issue a formal retraction, and said Newsom was prepared to dismiss the lawsuit if it did.
“I believe the American people should be able to trust the information they receive from a major news outlet,” Newsom said. He filed the lawsuit in a Delaware state court.
Fox News said it would defend itself vigorously and looks forward to dismissal of the lawsuit. “Gov. Newsom’s transparent publicity stunt is frivolous and designed to chill free speech critical of him,” it said.
Fox News parent Fox Corp. and The Wall Street Journal parent News Corp share common ownership.
Newsom’s suit follows others filed by Trump against news organizations for their coverage of him. The governor’s suit concerns a call earlier this month between Newsom, a Democrat, and President Trump before he sent California National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
The two spoke late on June 6 Pacific Time, or early June 7 Eastern Time, the lawsuit said. Late June 7, Trump called the National Guard into service. Newsom said the deployment was “purposefully inflammatory.”
On June 10, Trump said during a White House news conference that he spoke with Newsom “a day ago.”
Newsom said on X that “There was no call. Not even a voicemail.”
His lawsuit said the pair didn’t discuss the issue of the Los Angeles demonstrations during their phone call. It also said Trump went on to falsely describe the conversation with Newsom by stating that the two had spoken more recently than they had.
The suit alleged that Fox News hosts including John Roberts and Jesse Watters portrayed a misleading version of the timeline of the conversation.
The amount of monetary damages that Newsom is seeking is close to the $787.5 million sum that Fox agreed to pay in 2023 to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems over on-air election fraud claims.
Tags
Who is online
84 visitors
Which FOX is being sued, the "We Report You decide", the "Fair and Balanced" or the "Most Watched, Most Trusted" versions? ... /s
Probably the "everybody knows we're just entertainment" FOX.
You are wise beyond my years Sandy.
the maga state propaganda oracle, FOX, is an easy mark for defamation ...
You'd think they'd have learned from the Dominion lawsuit, but no. Slow learners.
More like, "No Learners". In any case, I wish him luck, it would be a nice little chunk of change for his presidential campaign in a couple years.
Kinda funny, they were forced to drop this because they are neither. 3-4 years ago I think.
only that long ago?
that's a lot of dead old teabags ago ...
whatever the right claims and whatever their subgroups are named, the opposite is probably closer to the truth ...
Do they even have any money left to sue for?
That one.
He may sue them for a simple retraction.
Thanx for the visual reminder to ban emojis from my seeds going forward.
[✘]
Conservative readers and writers of the WSJ think so.
Maybe he's laughing because it's less than they lost in the last defamation case so to him its small potatoes. Rightwing conservatives don't care that they're being lied to, it's not a bug, it's a feature, they love having their ears tickled and told they're so smart and their religion is the best and they're the 'real' Americans which is what Fox News and rightwing media does 24/7 365. Many of them love fake wrestling too, where the guy they want to root for always wins against their manufactured villain. It's all just entertainment to them as Fox News admitted.
Conservatives have traded our constitutional Republic for an Idiocracy, run by idiots for idiots.
Everybody attempts a joke now and then. This one is pretty funny.
I absolutely agree with this. I also believe that the American people should be able to trust the information they get from all elected officials.
Unfortunately, this has not been true for a very long time.
As to the merits of this case, hopefully it's properly sorted out in court. If they gain just a settlement, this will not resolve anything.
Newsome will be happy with an apology.
You mean like telling the truth? That's a far reach now don't you think?
Governor Dipshit screwed up and now is trying to save what's left of his garbage reputation.
said "governor dipshit" runs a state with a larger economy than the deep south inbred-maga goober states combined ...
he's also more attentive to his elected job than the DC golf cheat that lives in the white house ...
And he ran it right into the ground.
maybe arnold will make a comeback. oh wait, he thinks trump is a major league asshole too. never mind ...
And yet that "larger state economy" is billions in debt.
I think about that every time I read something in The Atlantic or HUFFPO!
"Fox News said it would defend itself vigorously and looks forward to dismissal of the lawsuit. “Gov. Newsom’s transparent publicity stunt is frivolous and designed to chill free speech critical of him,” it said."
I think I'm going to enjoy this.
Sounds like you've acquired a new set of knitting needles.
Lol, along with strategy games.
Currently I'm trying to bring the Soviet Union to its knees within a few months (June - November 1941)
You're going with third time lucky?