Saturday Night Live Takes Up Dominion Voting Systems Case Against Fox

Saturday Night Live hit close to home on March 4 with a cold-opening spoof of Fox & Friends reporting on the $1.6 billion lawsuit that Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems filed against Fox. You knew it was a spoof because Fox News is actually not covering the Dominion case, as Fox media analyst Howard Kurtz acknowledged last week.

In its very real suit, Dominion is arguing that Fox aired claims about the voting company rigging the November 2020 election in order to ensure Donald Trump’s defeat, claims that Fox and personnel including on-air hosts knew were false but used to buoy ratings.

The case is currently scheduled to go to trial next month, and in a filing for summary judgment last month, Dominion shared many quotes from depositions and other documents that indicated Fox…