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Christopher Bucktin & Fiona Leishman

Rupert Murdoch spends $787.5MILLION to settle Fox News trial - but worse could be to come

Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch's business empire settled the "defamation trial of the century" at a cost of £634million just moments before it was scheduled to begin.

The deal reportedly cost Mr Murdoch hundreds of millions of dollars. However, it did stop his star presenters from being forced to take the stand.

Dominion Voting Systems had sued Australian's Fox News, claiming it damaged its reputation by repeatedly airing conspiracy theories about its machine - that the equipment was switching votes from former President Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.

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