Dominion Voting Systems on Friday filed a $1.6-billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News, alleging that the cable news giant tried to shore up its flagging ratings by falsely claiming that Dominion had rigged the 2020 election.
It’s the first defamation suit filed against a media outlet by the voting company, which was the target of misleading, false and bizarre claims spread by former President Trump and his allies in the aftermath of Trump’s election loss to President Biden. Those claims helped spur rioters who, which left five people dead and led to Trump’s historic second impeachment.
In the lawsuit, Dominion argues that Fox News, which amplified inaccurate assertions that Dominion altered votes, “sold a false story of election fraud in order to serve its own commercial purposes, severely injuring Dominion in the process,” according to a copy of the lawsuit obtained by the Associated Press.
targeting Dominion. An email sent to Fox News on Friday morning seeking comment on the lawsuit was not immediately returned. There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election, a fact that a range of election officials across the country — and even Trump’s attorney general, William Barr — have confirmed. Republican governors in Arizona and Georgia, key battleground states crucial to Biden’s victory, also vouched for the integrity of the elections in their states.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)
Quite right words. And unlike lies, they will be translated into action.
I’ve never rooted for (what to me is) a faceless corporation to win a lawsuit more than I have now. It’s about time Faux “news” had to do a little legal scurrying around to try and defend its nightly avalanche of bullshit. Good on you, Dominion.
Thoughts & prayers 🦊
For over two decades, Fox News has broadcast propaganda content that radicalized an entire generation of right-wing extremists - and eventually led to a terrorist attack on the Capitol. Kudos to Dominion Voting Systems for finally holding Rupert Murdoch accountable.
wow