Fox News settles Dominion defamation case for $787.5m

[ozimoron]

A separate lawsuit from voting systems company Smartmatic similarly accuses Fox of maliciously giving Trump lawyers Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani a platform to air false claims about the 2020 presidential election.

But unlike Dominion, Smartmatic is suing multiple hosts and Giuliani as individuals, in addition to Fox.  And the case will be tried in New York state court, rather than Delaware.

 

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/3962900-what-fox-news-dominion-settlement-means-for-its-next-major-legal-fight/

[Tug]

Well looks like Rupert fired Tucker Carlson ???? now who will that money whore go work for now lol ???? heck someone better hire him cause he might try to get back at Fox for being let go if he’s cut off from the money tit 

[Scott]

On 4/20/2023 at 3:24 PM, SunnyinBangrak said:

hmmmm. really? I am wondering if " what has folks livid is fake fox news" is STILL trusted way more than all the laptop denier collusion hoaxer media. That must really hurt.

 

"Fox News Channel remains not just the most trusted among cable news networks but all of television news, and by a convincing plurality, despite scandals like the massive Dominion lawsuit against the ratings giant.

Fox News is the top on TV in the most recent YouGov data on news sources, with 41% saying that it is the channel they “most trust for news.” The network, which boasts the biggest audience in all of cable news, has long been found to be “most trusted” by pollsters.

That is close to double each of the second and third most trusted, ABC and CNN, which came in at 24% and 22% respectively, and more than twice that of MSNBC, at 18%."

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-most-trusted-and-most-watched-even-after-dominion-revelations-latest-poll-shows/

 

 3 years of ridiculous defamatory false claims and banning factual rebuttal has consequences it seems.

This is what NY Times has to say:

Today, the 6:30 newscasts on ABC, CBS and NBC still rank among the highest-rated programs on all of broadcast and cable TV. ABC's “World News Tonight,” anchored by David Muir, was the most-watched nonsports program on all of television in 31 of 52 weeks last year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/business/media/tv-prime-time-afternoons.html

 

[onthedarkside]

More settlements from Fox.

 

Fox News settles suit by Tucker Carlson’s former booker for $12 million

Fox News has settled a lawsuit from former producer Abby Grossberg, who accused the network of tolerating a hostile work environment during her time as the chief booker for Tucker Carlson’s show, for $12 million.

“While I stand by my publicly filed claims and allegations, in light of today’s settlement … pursuant to which I have now withdrawn those claims, I am heartened that Fox News has taken me and my legal claims seriously,” Grossberg said in a statement Friday afternoon. “I am hopeful, based on our discussions with Fox News today, that this resolution represents a positive step by the network regarding its treatment of women and minorities in the workplace.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/06/30/abby-grossberg-tucker-carlson-settlment/