I suspect that they are going to be a lot more careful to reserve their lying to being about public figures and those who would not be able to claim large scale damages and fund this sort of a suit.
Jordan Klepper had a good 'apology' too. And he had a great point - the real victim is democracy. "There are people who will not trust elections for the rest of their lives ..." just because Trump said so and because folks like Fox decided to repeat it over and over because their viewers are easy to manipulate.
Trying to get in front of the stockholder suit. Smart move but going to be an issue for their customer base. They are in a tough position. Their customers want to hear the stuff that is exposing them to legal jeopardy and their business model is telling their customers what they want to hear. Their audience expects them to feed them whatever the audience wants. And now they can't do so profitably due to the suits.
I think that they will continue to promote false narratives and conspiracy theories if that's what their audience wants only in the future they will assiduously avoid defaming companies and individuals with the resources to hire top flight legal talent who aren't afraid to sue.
Had not made this connection but Justin Nelson, the lead attorney for Dominion is married to a close family friend, the daughter of my dad's best friend and former business partner. Attended an engagement party for them many years ago. Wondering what he's taking home after winning this suit. David is taking the lead on the Smartmatic case as well. I'm assuming he has a good tax attorney. Justin ran for Texas AG back in '18, losing to Ken Paxton who was currently under indictment.
I've got a neighbor who is very religious and very politically conservative. I asked him yesterday that given not only has Fox admitted it broadcast false info about Dominion and the election, it's obvious that it knew it was false ... did he still believe the election was stolen? Yes, he still does. This guy isn't a nut. A solid, very good guy. It's baffling.
I have a similar experience, and from a very intelligent, driven, accomplished professional. The people inundate their consumption with disinformation (like Gateway). They refuse to acknowledge, much less consider, any outside information. When I tried showing him the Trump Team internal memos showing they knew there was evidence to back up Trump’s bogus claims, he refused to look at it, because it was from the “corrupt Jan 6 investigation.” When I showed him the documents from the Dominion case, he said things like “Fox has intentionally turned against Trump” or words to the effect that the trial would show the whole story. He would not consider any objective evidence that did not fit squarely within his consumed picture of what took place. A reasonable person would just stop trying. Which is why I send him links almost daily proving him wrong.
Good read on all he missteps Fox made in this case. A combination of arrogance and a bunker mentality it seems. Missteps and Miscalculations: Inside Fox’s Legal and Business Debacle
Shareholder actions are starting. Oregon is invested in Fox Corp. and is investigating its board over bogus election fraud claims
New York City's pension funds and state of Oregon sue Fox Corporation over 2020 election lies | CNN Business
Meet the ‘Ghost’ Woman Fox Relied on for Voter Fraud Claims I hadn’t heard this until today. But the whole Dominion voting machine conspiracy theory originated from some crazy lady in Minnesota, who sent her theory to Sidney Powell via email, who then forwarded to Fox anchors who aired it in a matter of days. You can’t make this stuff up. But on the afternoon of Nov. 7, 2020, just hours after Fox and other major media outlets called the election for Joe Biden, Bourne sent Powell, Fox host Lou Dobbs, and conservative activist Tom Fitton an email laying out the case against Dominion as she saw it. In Bourne’s telling, Dominion machines used software to convert 3 percent of all votes for Donald Trump into votes for Biden. Bourne admitted in her email to Powell that her ideas were “pretty wackadoodle.” But less than an hour after receiving the email, Powell had ignored the many red flags the email contained about Bourne’s credibility and forwarded it to Bartiromo. Three minutes later, Bartiromo forwarded Bourne’s theories to her producer and replied to Powell, saying the lawyer had provided Fox with “very imp[ortant] info.” The next day, Fox aired a pre-taped interview with Bartiromo and Powell on Bartiromo’s show, Sunday Morning Futures. The segment appears to be based in large part on Bourne’s email—in Bartiromo’s deposition, she was unable to point to another source for Powell’s ideas. Among this lady’s other theories - Scalia was hunted down and murdered - the wind tells her she is a ghost, but she doesn’t believe it - “Bourne threw out a jumble of ideas that centered on ties between telepaths, the Bank of the Vatican, the NXIVM sex cult, and the 1970 film Beneath the Planet of the Apes” - Bourne gets her theories from song lyrics and glimpses of magazine covers. - the CIA controls the Washington Post, the FBI runs the New York Times, and the State Department runs Politico and CNN.
Even for Fox that seems bizarre. But the crap is everywhere. I've mentioned before that I get a conservative X feed for some reason. Saw one this morning about an election worker in Maricopa County claiming a bunch of houses in a Democratic area all had exactly 25 people registered to vote at each address. I looked up the story - it came from the conservative Arizona Sun Times. Naturally, there was no name for the anonymous election worker. No evidence. But people are supposed to believe this ... three years after the election? Back on X, though, the post got a bunch "I believe it ... proof the election was stolen .. why won't the authorities investigate ..." etc. Basically, you can make up anything and if it fits in what some people want to believe, they'll believe you.
What struck me is this is a mainstream news network, for all of their faults, the fact that a crazy person sends in her delusions and they are reporting it as news within 48 hours. It is just shocking
