The audience started to erode severely that fall, starting on election night itself. founder Rupert Murdoch, over the journalistic values of fairness and accuracy. Yet there was little apparent concern, other than some inquiries from Fox Corp. Network executives above him stewed over the hit to Fox News' brand among its viewers. good journalists do bad things,' Bill Sammon, at the time the network's Washington managing editor, privately wrote on Dec. Untangling Disinformation Fox News' Sean Hannity says he knew all along Trump lost the election A top network programming executive wrote privately that he did not believe the shows of Carlson, Hannity and Jeanine Pirro were credible sources of news. Ingraham called Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell 'a bit nuts.' Carlson, who famously demanded evidence from Powell on the air, privately used a vulgar epithet for women to describe her. The network's top primetime stars - Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham and Sean Hannity - texted contemptuously of the claims in group chats, but also denounced colleagues pointing that out publicly or on television.

Off the air, the network's stars, producers and executives expressed contempt for those same conspiracies, calling them 'mind-blowingly nuts,' 'totally off the rails' and 'completely bs' - often in far earthier terms. In the days and weeks after the 2020 elections, Fox News Channel repeatedly broadcast false claims that then-President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory. Jason Koerner/Getty Images Jason Koerner/Getty Images Carolyn Kaster/AP Alex Brandon/AP Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images They are shown clockwise from the upper left. Dominion Voting System's legal filings reveal behind-the-scenes machinations involving Fox News hosts Jeanine Pirro, Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Maria Bartiromo and Laura Ingraham and former host Lou Dobbs.

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