Fox's Broadcast License Character Qualifications Questionable: Former Exec Padden

Citing Dominion Voting Systems being granted a partial summary judgment by the Superior Court of Delaware in March in its defamation case against Fox News, former Fox Broadcasting executive Preston Padden said Thursday the FCC should question parent company Fox's character qualifications to hold broadcast licenses for its broadcast TV stations. In a Daily Beast opinion piece, Padden said the record in that case showed Fox management and Fox News personalities knew the 2020 election had not been stolen but didn't report that. "That means that the false news was presented knowingly," he said. "It is hard to imagine an issue that more directly impacts a broadcast licensee’s character qualifications." Fox Corp. and the FCC didn't comment.