• Fox News is being sued for defamation by Ray Epps, a man linked to the January 6protest. The lawsuit says that said that Fox presented Epps as a federal agent to be a “scapegoat” during their media coverage. The nework is being charged with a suit for defamation as well as false light.
• The court documents for the case say that during “the aftermath of the events of January 6th, Fox News searched for a scapegoat to blame.” It goes on to say that the network “turned on one of their own.” Epps is a Trump supporter and attended the protest on January 6.
• During coverage of the event, rumors spread from the network that Epps “was an undercover FBI agent and was responsible for the mob that violently broke into the Capitol.”

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