-owned organization, averting a lengthy, expensive and certain to be embarrassing trial.
Neither Poulos nor attorneys indicated if any substantial retraction or public apology from Fox was a part of the settlement. However, Fox themselves were quick to address the settlement in crafted language that appears to softly walk back the tone of their on-air claims that the 2020 election was stolen from incumbent“We are pleased to have reached a settlement of our dispute with Dominion Voting Systems,” a Fox spokesperson said after the agreement was announced.
The next morning, the judge publicly reiterated his statement of April 16, saying “I have made the decision to delay the start of the trial until tomorrow. With only one attorney from each side present, the judge offered the otherwise packed Wilmington courtroom and media overflow room no reason for the abrupt delay, but said that such occurrences are not “unusual” in such proceedings
Judge Davis ruled in late March that the case could move forward with trial, rejecting one of Fox’s claims that the network was merely covering a president’s newsworthy allegations of election fraud. He determined that the claims made on air about Dominion were false, leaving it to the jury to decide whether the network was liable for actual malice.
This is the family that inspired the Succession series, right?
Logan Roy wouldn’t have let this happen
Rupert Murdoch pays himself more than that in salary every year. His empire won't notice the fine and it won't change anything.
acoyne
The trial would have been so much more profitable. Financially and ethically
Fox paid Dominion $787.5 million under the deal, Dominion lawyers said outside the courtroom
in hindsight this was inevitable, sadly
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