The ‘wackadoodle’ foundation of Fox News’ election-fraud claims – By David Folkenflik (NPR) / Feb 20, 2023
A woman who says the wind talks to her and put forth claims of election fraud in the 2020 presidential race that she admitted were “pretty wackadoodle” turns out to be a key source of allegations that Fox News presented, night after night, to millions of viewers late that fall.
Joe Biden’s victory caused Fox News personalities to all but melt down on the air. Off the air, a sense of crisis pervaded the private conversations of the network’s executives and stars. Viewers who supported then-President Donald Trump abandoned Fox in droves after its Election Night team became the first in the nation to project that Biden would win the pivotal state of Arizona.
Desperate to win back the Trump supporters, Fox News and the Fox Business Network turned at least a dozen times to a pro-Trump attorney named Sidney Powell who, when pressed for evidence, forwarded a memo entitled “Election Fraud Info” to Fox anchor Maria Bartiromo. Bartiromo hosted Powell on her Fox News show the day after receiving it.
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