‘Newsmax’ and ‘Fox News’ Quickly The ‘Stolen Election’ Claims After Legal Threats.

A disclaimer ran on these networks that ‘clarifies’ their stances and unequivocally state that neither Dominion nor Smartmatic switched any votes. (CNN)

Fox News Channel trademark faded out
The extraordinary about-face came after Smartmatic sent a blistering legal threat to Newsmax and other right-wing media outlets earlier this month. Ben Rhodes summed up the Monday messages succinctly, tweeting, “So, we’re going to spread massive amounts of total disinformation like cancer metastasizing through American democracy, but we also don’t want to get sued so we’re offering this clarification.”
— Oliver Darcy writing for 'CNN'

The quote above from Ben Rhodes was so on point. The damage has been done and the though and notion the election was stolen is now so firmly planted in the minds of those on the Right it has sprouted a forest in their minds and that cannot be easily unplanted. So many entities, including the President, have made a lucrative cottage industry out the completely discredited ‘stolen election’ claims there is little to no incentive to state the truth. Other than integrity and… well…

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