Posted on 04/18/2023 1:16:49 PM PDT by JSM_Liberty
Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems said Tuesday that they have reached a settlement agreement just moments before opening arguments were set to begin.
The deal ends a monthslong legal battle over whether the media company had defamed the voting machine maker when they broadcast election conspiracy theories in 2020.
The terms of the settlement were not immediately available.
Dominion sued Fox News in 2021, demanding $1.6 billion in damages. They said the network defamed it when it broadcast baseless claims that it was tied to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, that it paid kickbacks to politicians and that its machines “rigged” the 2020 presidential election by flipping millions of votes for Trump to Biden.
The settlement came on the day trial was scheduled to begin; late Sunday, the court delayed the conclusion of jury selection and opening arguments to Tuesday morning, leading to speculation that settlement talks could be taking place behind closed doors. The announcement follows a bruising week for Fox News. During pretrial conference hearings, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis sanctioned them for withholding evidence, admonished them for not being straightforward with him, and said he was considering appointing a special master to investigate possible legal misconduct by the attorneys. He said he would allow Dominion to conduct an additional deposition with Rupert Murdoch at Fox’s expense.
Davis also ruled that Fox lawyers could not use newsworthiness as a legal defense, limiting their possible trial strategies.
Few defamation suits make it this far, but legal experts say the case — and the extraordinary claims and evidence fueling it — was unique.
Legal filings made thousands of pages of emails, text messages, and other communications public, revealing that Fox News journalists, hosts, and executives knew the bogus claims about the election were false, even as the network continued to put them on air.
Obviously it’s not well-publicized to avoid letting the cat out of the bag. But a few google searches will get you there.
Here’s a question: Why do states without RCV have and use RCV-enabled voting machines...?
Very possibly.
“Why do states without RCV have and use RCV-enabled voting machines...?”
Voting machines need to be able to handle whatever the election format is. Designing a system that specifically can’t handle a type of election would not make business sense.
No. They were smart.
If so, why this? Fox statement “We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false”
There was no way Murdoch and Ryan were going to allow testimony. The worst part no one will question the machines again
Wait a minute. The claim over this forum was discovery was going to expose Dominion. Seems quite the opposite.
His problem was he let others on who did, knowing the info was sketchy, and not questioning.
Because the last thing Paul Ryan wants is to expose that Dominion flipped votes to Biden in 2020 and to Killary in 2016.
“Everything FOX said was true.”
All those texts and emails saying Trump’s claim the election was stolen was bogus?
All that shows is that ES&S and Dominion are certified for Florida elections.
Bingo, somebody gets it!☺
Bear in mind that the cases against Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Mike Lindell are at present still going forward. The circus tents haven’t folded just yet.
“We may never know why they settled.”
Probably because they thought they would lose in court .
Agree. The testimony was going to be brutal. Preview here:
https://twitter.com/herotimeszero/status/1648375335468122131
It is my understanding the trial was going to be in Manhattan. If that's correct, it didn't matter what the facts were, Fox was going to lose.
If they couldn't force a change of venue, they were never going to win in Manhattan.
“Of course, none of it was baseless.”
Right. We’re living in a partial alt reality.
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