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“BlackRock owns 59 million shares of Dominion Voting Systems and 45.7 million shares of Fox News. BlackRock sued itself and fired Tucker Carlson as part of the lawsuit.”
Social media posts Claim dated 24 Apr 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

What PolitiFact found

BlackRock, an investment management company, owns shares of Fox Corp. and shares of the company Dominion Energy. We found nothing linking the energy company and Dominion Voting Systems beyond having similar names.

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 24 April 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 April 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

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