Add Fox News to the Dominion Kraken lawsuit list

[Anonymous]

Fox News settlement doesn't stop the special master probe that could end in obstruction charges.

In other words, the judge sees that crimes may have been committed.

[Anonymous]

Fox News full year revenues of $13.97 billion, net income of $1.23 billion. The penalty needs to be about 5 x revenue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fox News settlement doesn't stop the special master probe that could end in obstruction charges.

In other words, the judge sees that crimes may have been committed.

For the non-legal here, what does this mean? And who would be charged with obstruction? Lawyers or someone at the company?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fox News settlement doesn't stop the special master probe that could end in obstruction charges.

In other words, the judge sees that crimes may have been committed.

For the non-legal here, what does this mean? And who would be charged with obstruction? Lawyers or someone at the company?

I didn’t hear about this until now so thank you special master PP. I had heard Fox tried to claim that Murdoch wasn’t an officer so his documents wouldn’t be discoverable, but this I hadn’t heard of. Nice!
https://www.nbcnews.com/media/judge-appoints-special-master-investigate-fox-news-dominion-defamation-rcna80289

[Anonymous]

Why would Dominion agree to this settlement? What do they get out of a settlement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would Dominion agree to this settlement? What do they get out of a settlement?

The better part of a billion dollars.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would Dominion agree to this settlement? What do they get out of a settlement?

“We acknowledge the Court's rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DAMN IT!

I don’t know that this is so bad. Fox was going to appeal to the Supreme Court on the 1st Amendment. Who knows what kind of wild decision would come out of the SC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So no apology or admission by Fox? Pretty surprising that Dominion didn't insist on that. Their reputation was their whole case.

I think $787 million speaks louder than any apology would have. It's big enough that it shows that Fox is not just settling as the cost of litigation. In settling for this huge amount of money, they are admitting that they know they were going to lose and lose badly. Because they were lying to the world. The election was fair and any Republicans who suggest that Biden didn't win or that Trump didn't lose are lying sacks of shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So no apology or admission by Fox? Pretty surprising that Dominion didn't insist on that. Their reputation was their whole case.

I think $787 million speaks louder than any apology would have. It's big enough that it shows that Fox is not just settling as the cost of litigation. In settling for this huge amount of money, they are admitting that they know they were going to lose and lose badly. Because they were lying to the world. The election was fair and any Republicans who suggest that Biden didn't win or that Trump didn't lose are lying sacks of shit.

+1 And this wasn’t Dominion’s only iron in the fire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So no apology or admission by Fox? Pretty surprising that Dominion didn't insist on that. Their reputation was their whole case.

I think $787 million speaks louder than any apology would have. It's big enough that it shows that Fox is not just settling as the cost of litigation. In settling for this huge amount of money, they are admitting that they know they were going to lose and lose badly. Because they were lying to the world. The election was fair and any Republicans who suggest that Biden didn't win or that Trump didn't lose are lying sacks of shit.

But the folks in the right wing bubble will never hear about it. Or, if they do, it will be dressed up with a bunch of lies, excuses, and whataboutisms. Good luck to Dominion in ever getting a contract in a red state again.

[Anonymous]

I was hoping they would not be able to use the term “News” in their name because they’re propaganda, not news. Liars!

[Anonymous]

A bit disappointing. I would have expected a settlement to reach 1B. It's a psychological threshold.

[Anonymous]

This country needs to revise the law. This is fox’s business model. If you do not have the money to sue them you are screwed.

Fox knowingly put false information on air and continued to push the lies.

[Anonymous]

Why did Dominion settle for this chicken$hit amount?