Why Did Fox Promote the ‘Big Lie?’

My two greatest American heroes are Arnold Rothstein and Richard Nixon. Rothstein fixed the 1919 World Series, and Nixon fixed the 1972 Presidential election.

Donald Trump tried to fix the 2020 Presidential election, but his mistake was waiting until after the election occurred. Had he put a plan into action to dump the votes before the election took place, he might still be sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office right now.

Think I’m overstating the case? Try reading the 130-page Summary Judgement of Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against FOX, which was issued by the Delaware Superior Court last month. Or better yet, save yourself the trouble and read a summary right here, or follow what I say below.

Last week, directly after the Dominion-FOX[i] settlement was announced, I published a column in which I could not believe that anyone at FOX could be so dumb as to go along with Rudy Giuliani’s claim about a national election ‘fraud.’ My reasoning was very simple, namely, you don’t engage in a national conspiracy to rig election returns in multiple states without sooner or later someone admitting to what they did.

I then went on to argue that perhaps Trump had promised Murdoch some kind of special favor if the election results were overturned. What I didn’t realize, but it all comes out in the…