Three former Fox executives say they regret helping Rupert Murdoch build Fox News into a powerful channel.
In the joint statement, the executives — Preston Padden, Ken Solomon, and Bill Reyner — slammed Fox as a “disinformation machine” that they “profoundly regret” help to shape in its early years.
Solomon was VP of network distribution, Padden was Fox’s chief Washington lobbyist, and Reyner was the lead outside counsel.
“In our opinion, the Fox News Channel has had many negative impacts on our society,” the statement continued, the “worst” being Fox’s on-air false claims about widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.
After the 2020 election, Preston said he spoke numerous times to Robert Murdoch who ” made it very clear to Preston that he understood that the 2020 election had not been stolen.”
Meanwhile, “Fox continued to perpetuate the ‘Big Lie’ and promote the Jan 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally,” the former executives wrote.