Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems ($787,500,000.00)

Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting System

Fox News settles Dominion Voting Systems defamation lawsuit : NPR

Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. have struck a deal averting a trial in the blockbuster defamation suit filed by the election tech company Dominion Voting Systems over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

Judge Eric Davis of the Delaware Superior Court announced the settlement from the bench on Tuesday afternoon ahead of the trial's scheduled start.

The parties settled for $787,500,000 — about half of Dominion's original $1.6 billion ask.

The amount "represents vindication and accountability," said Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson. "Lies have consequences."

Dominion CEO John Poulos told reporters, "Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and the customers that we serve. Nothing can ever make up for that. Throughout this process, we have sought accountability," he said. "Truthful reporting in the media is essential to our democracy."

Fox News released a statement shortly after a settlement was announced.

"We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false," the statement said. "This settlement reflects FOX's continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues."

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Will they also now fire all these confirmed and admitted fake news hosts?

As with everything Fox, I predict nothing good will come of this. The players will probably cut their biggest paycheck yet. The 787.5M is less than 5% of Foxs Net Worth. The only ones that lost today were truth and decency.

Tapper laughs reading Fox News settlement statement: ‘Difficult to say with a straight face’ | The Hill

What's funny is this is open admission from the network itself that Fox news lies right to your face consistently, often, and without remorse, yet I expect their viewers will still gobble up their bullshit because of the sunk cost and brainwashing.

The admission is too weak. They should have published a large article in their own newspaper, quote the fake and misleading comments and correct them openly.

They're allergic to the truth. And not because they want to be, but because their viewers want them to be.

@Vaasman:

Yeah well if they keep lying hopefully more sue them and get in their pockets. They can't be around broke still lying lul.

Biden should be talking about this every time he's on camera, along with the fact that the economy is great and 13 million new jobs have been created. Democrats are so serious about actually being adults and making things right that they forget they also have to message properly.

But, but Hunter's laptop guys!

Smart idea. They'll get as much, if not more.

Why did they settle?

It's clearly because they were innocent :P

I don't blame Dominion for taking the settlement. Any verdict would have likely been dragged out in courts for years. I see some people upset this didn't get further litigated in court. But between both Dominion and SmartMatic, there's still many more lawsuits coming, SmartMatic even has one with FoxNews too. Plenty of opportunity to drag those peddling the big lie through the mud, and bleed them financially.

Assuming the far right extremists that watch Fox get information elsewhere and don't think it's a conspiracy. Two things that would surprise me.

5% of their net worth, sure, but ~800 million dollars is a lot of their revenue. This is a major hit. Not to mention FOX has an aging/dying viewership, faces other lawsuits, and Rupert Murdoch is also facing lawsuits (iirc) for his other media outlets across the world.

I guess what I am saying is he we should not dismiss this as something negligible. This hurts FOX and that is good.

Will it though? Will this really hurt what they stand for? I want to be optimistic, I want to say this will help people open their eyes and see through the lies. But I'm afraid the damage is already done. The seeds of discord are planted far and wide, and this will only help them grow.

My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million for losing false election challenge - YouTube

Rofl idiots.

@InEMplease:

This is a real thing. News is part of your cable subscription. This is now being fought in numerous cable contracts and has the potential of being an on-going long term hit to Fox revenues. Traditionally Fox has used Fox Sports to force cable carriers to overpay for Fox News through bundling.

Stop Paying for Fox News

@zaryia said:

Tapper laughs reading Fox News settlement statement: ‘Difficult to say with a straight face’ | The Hill

"We can’t look at CNN’s awful ratings without laughing and we’re sure Warner Bros. Discovery shareholders feel the same way,” the network said in a statement to The Hill.


aaaaand we can see they've learned absolutely nothing.