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Fox News reaches $787 million settlement in Dominion defamation suit

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News avoided one of the highest-profile defamation trials in history Tuesday by reaching a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, the company that accused the conservative channel of smearing its reputation in the weeks after the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems were set for a showdown in court. Here's how it suddenly ended in a settlement

The Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox News was one of the most hotly anticipated cases in America. In the end, most of the action happened outside the courtroom.

ABC News

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

Fox News may have reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, however it was not the only voting-technology company hoping to go after Ruper Murdoch's business empire

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Fox News reaches settlement in Dominion defamation suit

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News avoided one of the highest-profile defamation trials in history Tuesday by reaching a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, the company that accused the conservative channel of smearing its reputation in the weeks after the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Fox News saved by last-minute settlement

Right-wing network pays dearly to keep Murdoch and Tucker Carlson off the stand. But there's more trouble ahead

Salon

Fox News reaches 11th hour settlement with Dominion for over $787 million

Fox faces several other defamation lawsuits — notably Smartmatic's $2.7 billion case.

Axios

Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems

Fox News has struck a deal averting a trial in the blockbuster defamation suit filed by the election-tech company Dominion Voting Systems over spurious claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential race.

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Fox News and 2020 election lies set to face jury come Monday

A trial beginning Monday in Delaware will force Fox News executives and some of the network's stars to answer for their role in spreading doubt about the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Shareholder sues Murdoch over Fox claims

"FOX was more concerned about short-term ratings... than the long-term damages of its failure to tell the truth"

Salon

Fox settles with man accused of rigging

"If Fox is required to pay large settlements," it may not be able to stay the same much longer, ex-prosecutor says

Salon

Fox News settles 2020 election-related defamation suit with Venezuelan businessman

It's not the settlement the media industry has been anticipating, but Fox News has reached an agreement with a Venezuelan businessman whose name was linked to false allegations about voting machines used in the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Mike Lindell now claims MyPillow is ‘doing great’ after complaining to Steve Bannon that ‘political pressure’ was hurting sales

Pillow company CEO has also launched ‘Lindell TV’ to compete in right-wing media sphere

The Independent UK

Court approves 2nd Fox defamation suit

"It will help establish the reckless indifference to truth (or worse)" new Smartmatic case, says Laurence Tribe

Salon

Fox News braces for more turbulence as second defamation lawsuit advances

New York court greenlights $2.7bn suit against news channel by election company Smartmatic over 2020 presidential election lies

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The Independent UK

Voting tech firm spotlights Murdochs in defamation suit

A voting technology company suing Fox News is arguing that Fox Corp. leaders Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch played a leading role in deciding to air false claims that the technology helped “steal” the 2020 presidential election from former President Donald Trump

Reason

Fox's Excuses Reinforce Dominion's Defamation Case

Although Rupert Murdoch admits that Lou Dobbs and other hosts "endorsed" the "stolen election" narrative, Fox's lawyers insist that is not true.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lou Dobbs’ 2020 election fraud lies could help Dominion Voting’s lawsuit against Fox

Fox Business host Dobbs was a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud.

Reason

Lou Dobbs Is the Main Obstacle to Fox's Defamation Defense

The Fox Business host stood out as a champion of the baroque conspiracy theory that implicated Dominion Voting Systems in election fraud.

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Reason

Rupert Murdoch Called Trump's Stolen-Election Fantasy 'Really Crazy Stuff.' Fox News Promoted It Anyway.

Hosts and producers privately called Trump lawyer Sidney Powell's claims "complete bs," "insane," and "unbelievably offensive."

WEKU

Off the air, Fox News stars blasted the election fraud claims they peddled

Fox News stars, including Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, privately derided then-President Donald Trump's assertion he'd been cheated of victory in 2020, even as the network amplified such claims.

The Independent UK

Fox News loses bid to dismiss $2.7bn defamation suit over Trump election-rigging claims

Fox News has lost a bid to shut down a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the network of spreading lies that a voting-technology company helped ‘steal’ the 2020 election from Donald Trump

WEKU

Meet the judge deciding the $1.6 billion defamation case against Fox News

Delaware Judge Eric M. Davis, known for his poker face, is overseeing both Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit against Fox News and a similar case against the conservative TV network Newsmax.

Tribune News Service

Giuliani, Pirro thrown back into 2020 vote-fraud defamation case

NEW YORK — A New York appeals court reinstated defamation claims against Rudy Giuliani and Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro over false claims they made about voting fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

The Independent UK

Court nixes Fox News’ bid to end voting tech firm’s suit

Fox News has lost a bid to shut down a multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit accusing the network of spreading lies that a voting-technology company helped “steal” the 2020 election from then-U.S. President Donald Trump

Reason

Smartmatic's Libel Lawsuit Against Fox News Can Go Forward

From today's decision by the New York intermediate appellate court in Smartmatic USA Corp. v. Fox Corp.: The causes of action for defamation were based on significant allegations that defendant Giuliani (and defendant Powell, against whom the action has been dismissed) made defamatory statements about plaintiffs' involvement in the 2020…

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