Posted on 04/19/2023 9:18:17 AM PDT by GulliverSwift
Fox Corp and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a high-profile trial putting one of the world's top media companies in the crosshairs over its coverage of vote-rigging claims in the 2020 U.S. election.
The settlement was announced by Fox, Dominion and the judge in the case at the 11th hour, with a 12-person jury selected on Tuesday morning and the case poised to kick off with opening statements on Tuesday afternoon. Dominion had sought $1.6 billion in damages in the lawsuit filed in 2021, with Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis presiding over the case in Wilmington.
Dominion disclosed the settlement figure and its CEO John Poulos said Fox had admitted to telling lies about his company. Dominion attorney Justin Nelson said the settlement "represents vindication and accountability" and that "lies have consequences." Dominion lawyers declined to answer questions about whether Fox News would apologize publicly or make reforms.
"We acknowledge the court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. 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," Fox said in a statement.
Shares of Fox Corp closed up slightly at $34 per share, but were down 1% in after-hours trading after the settlement amount was disclosed.
At issue in the lawsuit was whether Fox was liable for airing false claims that Denver-based Dominion's ballot-counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 U.S. election in favor of Democrat Joe Biden over Republican then-President Donald Trump. Dominion had argued that these on-air claims caused the company "enormous and irreparable economic harm."
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I am aware of that, but that does not change the fact that no justice can be had in such a hostile venue.
It's like trying January 6 "insurrectionists" in Washington DC. It's automatic conviction with no regard or concern for truth or facts.
It's like trying Jews in Nazi Germany. It's just wrong and immoral.
You think it "makes sense" that this creepy senile corrupt pervert piece of sh*t who couldn't get 20 people to show up at his rallies beat the most popular President in US history by the largest vote total there ever was in US History?
*THAT* doesn't make any sort of sense. *THAT* looks like absolute bald face lying and/or crazy talk.
Piece of Sh*t Joe beat *BARACK OBAMA'S" vote total by 11 million votes! Barack Obama was the greatest Democrat vote getter there ever was, and sh*t for brains was more popular than he was by 11 million votes?
Nothing Mike Lindell or anyone else said is crazier than that claim. Absolutely nothing makes less sense than sh*tbag beating Barack Obama's vote totals by 11 million votes.
And that's before you even bother to look at the evidence since uncovered of all the various frauds they perpetrated in the election.
Or it could just be all the election rigging that constantly happens in exactly the same corrupt precincts in exactly the same corrupt swing states.
We have actual video of an election worker running the same stack of ballots through a machine over and over and over again.
I just saw a video yesterday which says that Military Ballots in Arizona went from 1,600 in 2016 to 9,600 in 2020, with 95% of the ballots (not the originals, faked up copies on printer paper) going for Joe Biden.
False on the face of it.
Enlighten me.
Which unions?
There are over 175,000 voting precincts in the US. How do the unions go about controlling the audits/recounts in each of them?
How do the union bosses make sure the tens of thousands of members who have to be involved in the fraud keep silent?
LOL. There are over 175K voting precincts in the US. I can't prove that every one has a form of audit but I'm comfortable saying that at least half do.
Just for the sake of argument let's assume only 50K of them do. Show me one case where the audit/recount revealed any fraudulent activity.
Audits and recounts are completely different animals.
Thanks for playing. Go back to DU.
Of course they had no evidence since there were no investigations. They could've shown up the doubters by doing a non-partisan audit, but they didn't.
This goes beyond this case, if you can't question the results then you're not really free, are you? I think you need to pull your head out...
Apparently Dominion was fine with discovery. It was Fox who settled the suit for three quarters of a billion dollars. Maybe Fox’s lawyers knew they would have lost. The e-mails are what doomed them.
They are, but both would reveal machine fraud.
Why should I need to? I would think most people having discussions on this forum would have some understanding of the history of Labor Unions in America and the corrupt behaviors they have exhibited in the past.
Which unions?
I could take a stab and say "all of them."
There are over 175,000 voting precincts in the US. How do the unions go about controlling the audits/recounts in each of them?
They don't need to do that. They only have to control the bottlenecks which are the major cities with corrupt election officials.
We clearly don't have a fraud problem in areas outside of major cities.
How do the union bosses make sure the tens of thousands of members who have to be involved in the fraud keep silent?
Again, you don't seem to have any familiarity with the history of Unions or their tactics. They will in fact kill people.
Yep.
You must not live in an area where there are lots of young people. I do and they all hate Republicans. DeSantis is even more hated than Trump. This is a different generation that says religion is superstition and they can rattle off all the policies that America doesn’t have like free health insurance and gun control.
I think only Trump understands that Americans don’t want to cut spending. They don’t want to have to worry about health care affordability. He’s also come around on ballot harvesting too.
We’ve got to change our agenda on stuff that doesn’t really matter.
Which unions?
I could take a stab and say "all of them."
So in other words it was the bogeyman.
Conservative commentator and Fox News host Dan Bongino is reportedly out at the network.
Bongino, the host of Unfiltered and Fox Nation’s Canceled in the USA, has been let go, according to reporting from Forbes. The network confirmed the departure in a statement to Forbes, saying “We thank Dan for his contributions and wish him success in his future endeavors.” It is currently unknown why they’ve parted ways with Bongino. Mediaite has reached out to Fox News for additional comment.
This story is developing and will be updated accordingly
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/breaking-dan-bongino-out-at-fox-news/ar-AA1a6G8y
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