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The price Murdoch paid for Trump's big lie

ABC News Daily
ABC News Daily
Episode • Apr 19, 2023 • 13m

Fox News peddled Donald Trump's big lie that the 2020 US election was stolen from him; now, its owner Rupert Murdoch is paying the price. 

He's settled in a defamation case, costing his network more than one billion Australian dollars. 

Today, a US reporter covering the case on why the hefty price tag is just the start of the media mogul’s legal woes. 

Featured: 

Elahe Izadi, media reporter, The Washington Post 

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