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.
The Dominion lawyers just said the amount was $787 Million.
There is no place for proprietary software in public elections.
I’d argue against any software for voting and counting votes as a primary means.
Of course, none of it was baseless. All of it was true.
Did Fox say that as news or did some guest or pundit say it?
FOX was stupid not to fight.
Knew? Or suspected? The truth is not within the boundaries of the law.
I think everyone outside of Fox was.
Too bad, now Dominion can go back to doing what they do best.
Cowards.
maybe Fox lawyers thought it was good to settle without a trial? A trial would have aired out a lot of things. Maybe Fox management thought a trial would hurt Fox’s public image?
We may never know why they settled.
“There is no place for proprietary software in public elections.”
Righteous! That should be tattooed on the forehead of every RINO alive, starting with Paul Ryan and his soul-mate Karl Rove - both hard-core corruptokrats.
Just the Deep State Cabal moving funds from one account to another account.
There is no place for Dominion and their ilk (dozens of entities) in election counting, tabulation, machines. And, there is no place for the likes of Fox calling elections early before all the election poll stations are closed.
A pox on both.
When does Trump get to sue for the Russia bullsh t?
Everything FOX said was true.
Letting it go to a jury in Biden country, Delaware. Would have been stupid.
Fox statement “We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false”
This is rich. Fox News trying to defend itself without stating the obvious. They deserve whatever they get. Problem is that Dominion doesn’t.
The bass turds at FOX just gave Dominion credibility that they don’t deserve. Stupid idiots.
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