amna: amy klinger, thanks so much for joining us.eoff: jury selection started today in dominion voting systems 1.6 billion dollar defamation suit against fox news. voting technology company is suing the network for repeatedly airing debunked conspiracy theories that its voting machines were rigged against donald trump in the 2020 election. david full conflict joins us now. as this case goes to trial, the judge has already rejected several of the first amendment defenses that fox hoped to invoke. he also took the extraordinary step of admonishing and sanctioning the fox defense team. help us understand why and what it might mean for this case. >> we have heard the judges increasing frustration with the accretion of incidents in which he has concluded that fox has been less than forthcoming with the court. take an instance where for example there had been numerous representations per the judges account that rupert murdoch, the founder of fox news, at the very top of the pyramid, did not have a formal official role at fox news itself. h

stephanie: amy klinger, thank you for joining us. ou. ♪ geoff: jury selection started ynin ving systems $1.6 billion defamation suit against fox news. the voting technology company is suing the right wing network for airing debunked conspiracy theories that its voting machines were rigged against donald trump in the 2020 election. npr's media correspondent, david folkenflik, is following the case and joins us now. thank you for being with us. as the case goes to trial, the judge has rejected several of the first amendment defenses that fox hoped to invoke. and he also took the extraordinary step of admonishing and sanctning the fox defense team. help us understand why and what it might mean for the case? david: we have heard in recent days that the judge is increasing frustration with the increase in of incidents in which he has concluded that fox has been less than forthcoming with the court. what does that mean? take an instance where, for example, there had been numerous representations per the judges account that rupert murdoch, t