Fox News Settles Years-Long Lawsuit Over Seth Rich Murder Conspiracy Theories

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Fox News published and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich had been killed as retribution for involvement in leaking DNC emails to WikiLeaks.

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on Tuesday settled a lawsuit filed by the family of Seth Rich over the network’s involvement in spreading conspiracy theories about the young Democratic National Committee staffer’s 2016 death. ... [+]Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary, filed the lawsuit in 2017 alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress afterpublished and aired a conspiracy theory that Rich—who was 27 when he was fatally shot in a suspected burglary gone wrong in Washington D.C.

Though the family released a statement that it’s “pleased” with the settlement, the announcement does not include any details about the terms of the agreement. The statement from the Riches says that all litigation has been dropped against defendants in the case: Malia Zimmerman, the author of a now-retracted story about Rich, and Ed Butowsky, aThe original complaint from the Riches, filed nearly a year afterpublished Zimmerman’s story, alleged that the two defendants had “intentionally exploited [their] tragedy—including through lies, misrepresentations and half-truths—with disregard for the obvious harm that their actions would cause.

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Too little too late. They should be held accountable before the damage is done. In these years FOX has continued to spread conspiracies and yet no action is taken against them.

FoxNews with all the scandal and bias Trump reporting over the years i am over them. There credibility is equal to Star magazine and the enquirer. They can all fight over the breaking story of aliens from Saturn now

Twice victimized, long-suffering couple. Hope they got something for their suffering.

FoxNews this, at least to me personally. Was when you guys officially became Foxstate, and it has only worsened from that point.

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