"Rupert Murdoch's Deposition in Smartmatic Defamation Case Shakes Fox News"

Rupert Murdoch, former chairman of Fox Corp, is set to be deposed in Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox Corp over coverage of debunked vote-rigging claims involving the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Smartmatic alleges that Fox knowingly spread false claims about their software being used to flip votes in favor of Joe Biden. Murdoch's deposition will take place in Los Angeles, and although he is not a named defendant in the case, Smartmatic aims to establish his involvement in decision-making at Fox to prove liability. Murdoch previously sat for a deposition in a similar defamation case brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which Fox settled for $787.5 million.