Fox News Settles Defamation Suit with Dominion for $787.5 Million.
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Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, avoiding a trial that could have revealed more about the network's operations and redefined libel law in the US. Dominion claimed that Fox repeatedly aired allegations that the company's voting machines were rigged against Trump in 2020 while knowing the accusations were untrue. Fox contended that it was reporting newsworthy charges made by supporters of the Republican president. The settlement comes after Dominion produced evidence that prominent people at Fox didn't believe the fraud allegations, even as the network gave Trump's allies airtime to repeat them.
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- Dominion lawyer reacts after settlement with Fox News for $787.5 million MSNBC
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