Anderson Cooper Scoffs at Fox News’ Claim That Dominion Payout Reflects ‘Highest Journalistic Standards': ‘Come On’ (Video)

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via Acyn on Twitter), found that particular claim risible, to put it mildly.“As for the second part of that statement, that this settlement reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards,” Cooper said on Tuesday’s episode of his CNN show. “As Mike Wallace used to say when interviewing someone shoveling crap, ‘Come on.'”Cooper continued, “If there is anything we learned from the depositions, texts, and emails that were released by Dominion in the lead up to this case, is that there was no commitment to even basic journalistic standards where the 2020 election was concerned.”“Fox anchors said one thing on air to the audience – they feared might abandon them.

Go over to some more conservative news channel and another thing off air in texts and emails to one another,” Cooper concluded.As the defamation trial was set to begin, some of Fox’s biggest names like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingram were expected to testify.

Additionally, Fox News’ owner, Robert Murdoch, was expected to take the witness stand.Cooper wasn’t the only person who was perplexed by Fox’s statement.

Earlier in the day, CNN host Jake Tapper laughed during his show “The Lead” when he read that line in the Fox News statement.“I’m sorry.