By Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor A little-known Washington state group raised eyebrows earlier this month when it filed a lawsuit calling for a judge to keep Fox News from airing false information about the coronavirus pandemic.
Now it has raised some hackles, too: Fox News has moved to dismiss the legal proceeding. The Fox News Media motion, filed Tuesday, asks the Washington state court to reject a suit from a little-known group known as the Washington League for Increased Transparency and Ethics, or WASHLITE, that Fox News says would essentially impose a gag order on its opinion and commentary.
In the filing, Fox News Media says the “claims here are frivolous because the statements at issue are core political speech on matters of
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