Fox News settles defamation case with Dominion Voting Systems after damaging democracy with lies.
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Fox Corp. and its TV networks settled Dominion Voting Systems' defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, but voting software company Smartmatic USA's defamation case seeking $2.7 billion in damages remains. Smartmatic's lawsuit alleges that Fox and its hosts didn't just report the false claims being made by Trump and his allies at the time, but that the network, Dobbs, Pirro and Bartiromo "effectively endorsed and participated in the statements with reckless disregard for, or serious doubts about," whether the claims being made on air were true at all. It remains unclear how or whether the settlement between Fox and Dominion will affect Smartmatic's case.
- Fox faces similar defamation case from Smartmatic after Dominion settlement CNBC
- Opinion | The media trial of the century is over in a day: A breakdown of the Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems settlement Poynter
- Dominion’s suit exposed how Fox damages democracy with its lies The Guardian
- The Fox-Dominion Settlement - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
- Why Dominion’s settlement with Fox News isn’t a total miss MSNBC
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