Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election.
“The truth matters. Lies have consequences.
The resolution in Delaware Superior Court follows a recent ruling by Judge Eric Davis in which he allowed the case to go to trial while emphasizing it was “CRYSTAL clear” that none of the allegations about Dominion aired on Fox by Trump allies was true.
Many of us hoped that this would go to trial to expose Murdoch and the Fox anchors. This is unlikely to sway the Fox audience as they live in the alternative reality of Fox and most don’t know of this case. It is a step forward as it is the second time that right wing liars have lost in court, the first being Alex Jones. This is not the end as Smart-Matic is suing Fox for $2.7 billion.