So Fox’s defense is “yeah we aired a lot of false stuff about you and we obviously knew it was false, but you can’t prove those falsehoods hurt your business as much as you claim they did.” That looks like the only thing it’s got left
April could be a enjoyable month. The Dominion trial starting on the 17th, with the E. Jean Carrol trial just days later. A plus would be if TFG gets a subpoena in the ongoing Proud Boys trial and has to testify.
Seems that if the clown in the photo below can sue CNN, the Washington Post and other media outlets for defamation alleging $250 million in damages Dominion can certainly allege that it suffered $1.6 billion.
Well, when the settlement convo is in the Billion dollar neighborhood...you're not really talking settlement (unless you're worth >/= 10's of Bil, the other side is the govmnt AND A they got you by the short n curlies...).
WRONG, They have an entity called the Supreme Court, on their righteous side, full of Trump appointed syncofants.
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of the conservative media empire that owns Fox News, acknowledged in a deposition that several hosts for his networks promoted the false narrative that the election in 2020 was stolen from former President Donald J. Trump, court documents released on Monday showed. “They endorsed,” Mr. Murdoch said under oath in response to direct questions about the hosts Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, Lou Dobbs and Maria Bartiromo, a legal filing by Dominion Voting Systems said. “I would have liked us to be stronger in denouncing it in hindsight.” Mr. Murdoch’s remarks, which he made last month as part of the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox by Dominion, added to the evidence that Dominion has accumulated in an attempt to prove its central allegation: The people running the country’s most popular news network knew Mr. Trump’s claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election were false but broadcast them anyway
They want it both ways: news until they get called on their bullshit, then they are, ahem, "entertainment". Hope they go broke.
Another interesting tidbit: Dominion is alleging that Rupert Murdoch himself shared confidential advertising information, including copies of the ads intended by the Biden campaign to run on Fox programming, to Jared Kushner. The leader of a news organization is providing strategically valuable information to a specific campaign at the potential expense of his publicly traded company. They really should settle, because that fact is also not good for them or him in particular (they could now be subject to suits from shareholders who could claim that his actions lower the potential for paid advertising on Fox properties, which they own). Rupert Murdoch gave Jared Kushner 'confidential information' about Biden's 2020 ads before they were public, Dominion alleges (msn.com)
Wow!!!! I am really curious whether this violates election laws. It sure smacks of collusive activity.
They’re belatedly making decisions to avoid injurious consequences. Fox Backs Away from CPAC After Schlapp Groping Allegations
The depositions that keep on giving.. A new filing in Dominion's mammoth defamation lawsuit against Fox News includes claims that network chief Rupert Murdoch gave former Trump advisor Jared Kushner confidential information about Joe Biden's strategic moves in the lead-up to the 2020 election. ........................................ "During Trump's campaign, Rupert provided Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor, Jared Kushner, with Fox confidential information about Biden's ads, along with debate strategy (providing Kushner a preview of Biden's ads before they were public)," Dominion's lawyers wrote in the filing. .................................
Part of the settlement should be they have to acknowledge it on Fox News. That way the rubes actually have to see it.
It’s actually bizarre how… seemingly honest… this guy was in his deposition. In effect, pretty much admitting everything the lawsuit alleges. I guess with all the behind the scenes talk about “ratings” being their concern, there was nothing more to say. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be change in direction at Fox. So they’re probably just considering it a cost of doing business at this point. Because of that I agree an on air apology must be mandatory. Hell make them Re-air that apology for a week before every prime time show.
As I said before, every day for a year at the beginning of each show. That's the only way it will sink in on their typical viewers.
Nice notion, but I suspect they would just play the victim card and say the "deep state" is forcing them to say all that.