The Murdochs' Fear of Telling the Truth

Matt Welch: What is stunning about these internal documents is that you see that Fox and all of the hosts, not all of them, but many of them know that Sidney Powell is lying. They denigrate her to one another, but are terrified of saying that on the air because their audience believes what Sidney Powell is saying. He says Rupert Murdoch has become hostage to the audience he and Ailes or Drelles created; it's a very interesting position for a proprietor to find. Welch: The interesting thing in this I think is that he's not really frightened of Trump. He's frightened of his own audience. It's likely like the Sackler family in Purdue pharmacy selling OxyContin