'Sold my soul to the devil': Fox News staffers blast network in explosive court filing

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

October 16, 2025 9:12PM ET



A Smartmatic court filing revealed that a survey of employees done by Fox's human resources department found that the staff has a "resounding lack of confidence" in the company as a news organization. Among the problems employees had with the company were ethics, fair treatment, and their efforts to fact-check and report things fairly and accurately.

Smartmatic is highlighting the commentary as part of an ongoing lawsuit against the company, alleging that the network and news personalities defamed the company. The most notable comments come from pages 550-554, in which HR took commentary from some of those employees.

“The racial rhetoric spewed on Air. It’s everything but [Fair] and Balanced," another employee said, referring to the slogan the network used until it was retired in 2017. "I sometimes go home fighting back tears. This network made me question my morals. Have I sold my soul to the devil?"

“I wish we would get out of Trump’s pocket and realize people like Tucker [Carlson], Laura [Ingraham], [Sean] Hannity, [Mark] Levin, etc. are a total embarrassment, peddling BS and conspiracy theories. Many days I feel like I am part of the problem and FNC is contributing to hatred in this country," said one staffer.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-2674206251/

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Link to FILING (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26189184-smartmatic-usa-corp-v-fox-news-corp-et-al/

Link to FILING (PDF - warning HUGE) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26189184/smartmatic-usa-corp-v-fox-news-corp-et-al.pdf

[Easterncedar]

1. Employee quote is a head-slapper

You THINK?

[Walleye]

3. My exact reaction verbatim. You think?

[rampartd]

4. i thought this was the money quote....

"Many days I feel like I am part of the problem and FNC is contributing to hatred in this country," said one staffer."

do you really think so?

[Festivito]

11. "...I feel like I am part of the problem" Gotta fight the WOKE!

Every sentence they hear denigrates non-Repubs.

They are more afraid from what they hear than they are compelled by their own known truth.

[Easterncedar]

25. Cue the video, "Are we the baddies?"

[bamagal62]

2. Ya think?

[relayerbob]

15. My exact reaction. You beat me to it

[peppertree]

30. Fun fact: FOX, in numerology, is 6-6-6

[JT45242]

5. Many days? Have I sold my soul?...rationalize it all you want

They knew. They could have leaked the memos. They could have quit.

The I was following orders defense just doesn't fly.

[tanyev]

6. The hiring interview with a demon and demand to sign your contract in blood didn't clue you in?

[wolfie001]

23. That lady right there is another tRUMPian POS

Comfortably rich so she has no worries unlike MOST AMERICANS.

[tanyev]

28. I did not know that. Thank you.

[wolfie001]

36. Once I see somebody cross that line, they're dead to me

Cheers

[underpants]

7. Very telling but at this point what were they expecting?

[Orrex]

8. What the fuck did they think they were signing up for?

[jmbar2]

9. A glimmer of hope in that testimony

They are morally corrupt to participate. The fact that they publicly admit they have been lying for profit gives me hope that this whole ecosystem of lies will collapse.

Having it out in public is a very big first step. Thanks for posting.

[travelingthrulife]

10. Always reminds me of that clip with the two nazis and one is asking the other, "are we the baddies"?

Yes, yes you are.

[progressoid]

20. Mitchell and Webb

[Easterncedar]

26. Oh you beat me to it!

[barbtries]

35. that was so funny

i've never seen it, never heard of them.

thank you. thank you for making me laugh.

[FakeNoose]

12. I haven't read the lawsuit, but I'm guessing these are quotes from FORMER employees?

I can't imagine that anyone bringing a suit against Faux Noise would be allowed to continue working there.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. I was scanning near the referenced pages in the OP article

and went back a few to page 541 where you had this as an example (from Smartmatic in the first (left) column where Faux responds to each assertion in the 2nd (right) column) -

1230. On November 10, 2020, Kevin Lord, Head of HR at Fox Corp and Fox News,presented on the “Great Place to Work” survey to the Board’s Audit Committee as “part of the audit committee’s oversight function.” (Ex. 588 at FOXCORP-S_00135633 - FOXCORP-S_0013563334 ( “The Chairman turned the meeting over to Mr. Lord who…summarized the results of a survey that led to Fox News Media being certified as a ‘Great Place To Work’ in 2020. After discussion, Mr. Lord left the meeting.” ); Ex. 118 at 492: 7-19, 493:6-8,500:19-25, 501:13-502:3, 502:10-18; see also Ex. 93 at 332:17-22 (identifying role of Kevin Lord); Ex. 118 at 470:5-8 (same); Ex. 148 at61:18-25, 62:5-9 (same); see also Ex. 148 at329:11-16 (Lord reports to Scott)).

1231. Fox Corp would have deemed information, such as Fox News employee comments about “Fox News acting as a propaganda machine for the Republican party”or “Fox News being in Trump’s pocket,” to be a significant risk if reported to the Board. (Ex.118 at 515:5-517:18).

Apparently the survey happened some time in 2020 and was compiled and reported to the management. Don't know if any of those who had those types of responses might have eventually left or what.

Just wild though!

[William Seger]

13. "...contributing to hatred in this country."

Yes, and it was by design: Rush Limbaugh and Fox teamed up to drive an irreconcilable wedge into our politics, hoping to end up with the bigger half with the message that liberals aren't just wrong; they're evil and should be hated. Fox and Limbaugh and an army of clones created the information bubble that the MAGA cult lives in.

[ificandream]

16. Calling Fox news is like calling a toilet drinking water.

[wolfie001]

22. That judge in the old lawsuit case essentially said that

He said it's entertainment and not a news network.

[Ray Bruns]

17. "Have I sold my soul to the devil?"

Yes!

[patphil]

18. I guess cashing their paychecks more than balanced their feelings of being in league with the Devil.

[3catwoman3]

19. "Have I sold my soul to the devil?"

Hmmmmm, let's think about this for a nanosecond. Why, yes. Yes you have.

"...FNC is contributing to hatred in this country," said one staffer."

I believe the rejoinder is, "No shit, Sherlock."

[wolfie001]

21. If anyone agrees with Diaper Don, then they have ZERO ETHICS!!!

He's a liar, a fraud and a racist. Those 3 credos are his essential makeup as a "man".

[Initech]

24. Fox isn't a news channel. It's a billionaire run propaganda outlet that's hostile to the US and her allies.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

27. Was hoping for blasting and explosions

Meh.

[djacq]

29. The dark side, it is...

[Aussie105]

31. Fox News is rotting away from the inside out.

Rupert M has a history of having his 'brand' failing in the UK and Australia.

He found a home in America after that, but it is time for his slant on reality to be expunged from there as well.

[Skittles]

32. they work for Fox Fucking News and they are worried about FACT CHECKING?

ALRIGHTY THEN

[JHB]

33. Wasn't this clear by 1996?

[NJCher]

37. even earlier than that

I remember in the early 90s I was taking webmaster certification courses. They were the first such courses to be offered in NJ and NY, too.

I became friends with a woman from Manhattan. My friend was named "Jennie." Right away I noticed how talented she was. Part of webmaster training means understanding graphics, because that's a big part of a web page/site. We were in Photoshop and Illustrator classes when I noticed her designs were very advanced--far moreso than anyone else's in class.

She often came to NJ for the weekend because at the time I opened my pool and we liked to hang around there. She told me she had put in an application at Fox. I remember the moment well because I gasped and was sputtering pool water in response. I asked why on earth would she want to work there? She seemed oblivious to my aversion to the place.

Of course, I've been on this board since close to the beginning, so I knew full well what they were about. To answer your question, it was obvious as hell back in the early 90s.

Jennie told me she did not get the job. I said of course you didn't. She wanted to know why I was so certain and I said because you're black!

[BigmanPigman]

34. Fuck off Fux Ruse staffers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You're as guilty as sin. No one will ever forgive and forget what you did.

Tomorrow I'm wearing the "I HATE FOX NEWS" t-shirt that a fellow activist gave me when I went to a protest when tRump went to the border in San Diego in 2019. Wasn't that nice of them?!. Dem activists are kind and smart and non-violent.

I wish I weren't an atheist since I'd love to see him go home to hell where his daddy is waiting for him.