Rupert Murdoch himself demanded the firing of Fox political analyst Chris Stirewalt, who had delivered part of the news of Donald Trump’s 2020 defeat, as Fox scrambled mollify Trump and his supporters.

Now Stirewalt wants to know: Who will Fox fire as a result of the company’s $787 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems.

“The part that I’m interested in seeing is: What does the apology sound like? Who gets fired? What are the consequences inside the company?” the former Fox News political director said in an interview with Semafor after the settlement. “Fox was looking to reset after the 2020 election. This sort of froze their approach in place,” he said. “Now that this is resolved, obviously, they have to think about the next lawsuit in the pipeline with Smartmatic. It will be interesting to see what new approach they take.”

[Presumably, the ‘new approach’ will involve taking a deal with Smartmatic *before* the most embarrassing parts of the case get made public. By the time Fox finally figured out its predicament, the damage was largely done already. — Ed]