Survey responses cited in $2.7bn defamation lawsuit filed against Fox by voting technology company Smartmatic

Multiple Fox News employees expressed concerns about the network’s editorial standards and the conduct of top hosts in an internal survey conducted in the summer and fall of 2020, with one going as far as to wonder if they had sold their “soul to the devil”, according to legal filings.

The employees’ statements were excerpted in a 771-page filing released last week, made public as part of a defamation lawsuit filed against the network by voting technology company Smartmatic.

The comments come from an anonymous internal survey – the “Fox News 2020 Great Place to Work Trust Index Survey” – of 1,040 employees conducted between 24 August 2020 and 8 September 2020. Several employees expressed concerns that the network was intentionally aiding Donald Trump and the Republican party.

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[–] 145 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Multiple Fox News employees expressed concerns about the network’s editorial standards and the conduct of top hosts in an internal survey conducted in the summer and fall of 2020, with one going as far as to wonder if they had sold their “soul to the devil”, according to legal filings.

I'm sorry, were you confused about where you work? It's like complaining about the workplace being "too spooky" while working at Spirit Halloween. Fucking idiots.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    I'm sorry, were you confused about where you work? It's like complaining about the workplace being "too spooky" while working at Spirit Halloween. Fucking idiots.

    That's fucking hilarious.

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  • [–] 72 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Anyone working at Fox News who thinks they're involved in reputable journalism clearly doesn't have the objectivity needed for proper reporting.

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    It's bad when people who wilfully and knowingly work for Team Evil, start reporting that things are a little too fucked up for their liking.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Kind of like when everyone went "We're all for exploiting and enslaving people, but for fuck's sake, Columbus."

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    Hey, I still firmly believe that the network was somehow connected to the election of George W. Bush. How else do you explain a Bush relative working for the network and the network being the first to call the race hours before any other outlet would call it for Bush.

    So I’m far from surprised they would outright aid a President and their party.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    standing outside and watching flames engulf my home

    Golly, you know, I think this fire might be trying to damage my house!

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    “Are we the baddies?”

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Oh is the network literally started to become a propaganda wing of the Republican Party pushing a political bias?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    Thanks captain obvious

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  • This is getting a workout lately.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Trying to set up plausible deniability? There's no way these social fabric ripping fuck heads don't know exactly what they are doing.

    I would call the decisions made in horror movies smart and well thought out ages before I believe this crock of absolutely intelligence insulting bullshit.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    expressed concerns

    Concerns? Expressed them? What. The. Fuck. Are you talking about?

    Fox News has been a propaganda cha nel for the gop for two decades, it's internationally renowned for its huge quantities of absolute bullshit that it manages to spew all day, every day...

    And then you want to voice... Concerns? And you THINK it might intentionally aide trump?

    Are you high?

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    They were a little slow getting there, but its the spirit that counts!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Every day news USA!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    That's every mainstream media outlet, not just Fox.

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