Originally Published: 27 FEB 23 17:09 ET(CNN) -- Rupert Murdoch, the chairman of Fox Corporation, acknowledged in a deposition taken by Dominion Voting Systems that some Fox News hosts endorsed false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. In his deposition, Murdoch rejected that the right-wing talk network as an entity endorsed former President Donald Trump's election lies. Fox alleged that its hosts' on-air assertions about election fraud were taken out of context. When asked why he continued to allow Lindell, the MyPillow CEO, to make election fraud claims on Fox News, Murdoch said it was a business decision. According to the filing, Murdoch said that he believed no fraud had occurred in the election.
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