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Lou Dobbs

American conservative political commentator (1945–2024)

Fact-Checks

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Nov 28, 2025
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What major controversies have most impacted Fox News' credibility in the last five years?

Fox News’ credibility over the past five years has been most affected by high‑profile defamation litigation tied to its 2020 election coverage — including a $787.5 million Dominion settlement in April...

Jan 13, 2026
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Which plaintiffs sued Fox News for COVID-19 or election-related falsehoods from 2020–2025?

Between 2020 and 2025 multiple plaintiffs sued Fox News over alleged election- and COVID‑19‑related falsehoods: the major, widely reported plaintiffs were Dominion Voting Systems (which filed in 2021 ...

Jan 16, 2026
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was president obama criticized during his presidency for wearing a tan suit?

Barack Obama was publicly criticized for wearing a tan suit during a White House press conference on August 28, 2014, with some commentators and outlets calling the choice "unpresidential" and treatin...

Nov 16, 2025

Which specific statements by Tucker Carlson did Dominion allege were false and defamatory in their complaint?

Dominion’s complaint targeted specific Fox broadcasts and tweets that it says falsely claimed Dominion’s voting machines and software rigged the 2020 election, and it identified at least one Tucker Ca...

Feb 7, 2026

Have any Fox News anchors or reporters been accused of spreading conspiracy theories?

Yes — multiple anchors, hosts and contributors have been accused in reporting of promoting or enabling , particularly around the and narratives, even while some Fox staff privately dismissed those sam...

Jan 9, 2026

Which individual defendants (Giuliani, Lindell, others) faced separate defamation judgments or settlements related to 2020 election claims?

A cluster of high‑profile individuals and media organizations were swept into defamation litigation over false 2020 election claims; the most concrete monetary settlements in the record involve media ...

Nov 18, 2025

Are any Fox News hosts or commentators personally named or responding to the lawsuit?

Available reporting shows that some individual Fox hosts were named in litigation documents and depositions connected to post‑2020 election defamation suits: Dominion’s filings and later reporting ide...