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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
David Bauder

Lachlan Murdoch explains settlement, says no change at Fox

2020 Invision

Fox News paid $787m to settle a recent lawsuit on its reporting after the 2020 election to avoid a divisive trial and lengthy appeals process, its parent company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corp, also noted that a Delaware judge “severely limited” Fox's defenses against Dominion Voting Systems, which said the network defamed it by airing bogus charges of election fraud that it knew was untrue.

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