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Dominion files $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News

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  1. Andre0087

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    Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit on Friday seeking $1.6 billion in damages against Fox News, arguing that the network knowingly spread misinformation about the company's role in nonexistent voter fraud.

    Why it matters: This is the first time Dominion has sued a media company in its efforts to collect billions in damages from pro-Trump figures who have pushed baseless conspiracy theories about its voting machines.

    • Dominion has previously sued Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, pro-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell, and the pro-Trump MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell. All have appeared as guests on Fox News.
    • Smartmatic, another voting company baselessly accused of taking part in an international communist plot to rig the election for Joe Biden, filed a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox, some of the network's top hosts, Giuliani, and Powell in February.
    Between the lines: Powell moved to dismiss Dominion's lawsuit against her earlier this week, arguing that "no reasonable person" would conclude that her claims about an election-rigging scheme "were truly statements of fact."

    • Fox also moved to dismiss the lawsuit by Smartmatic in February, claiming the suit seeks to "stifle debate and chill vital First Amendment activities."
    Details: Dominion argues that Fox News "set out to lure viewers back — including President Trump himself — by intentionally and falsely blaming Dominion for President Trump’s loss by rigging the election."

    • "Fox, one of the most powerful media companies in the United States, gave life to a manufactured storyline about election fraud that cast a then-little-known voting machine company called Dominion as the villain," the lawsuit reads.
    • "[E]ven after Fox was put on specific written notice of the facts, it stuck to the inherently improbable and demonstrably false preconceived narrative and continued broadcasting the lies of facially unreliable sources — which were embraced by Fox’s own on-air personalities — because the lies were good for Fox’s business."
    • "These lies transformed Dominion into a household name. As a result of Fox’s orchestrated defamatory campaign, Dominion’s employees, from its software engineers to its founder and Chief Executive Officer, have been repeatedly harassed. Some have even received death threats. And of course, Dominion’s business has suffered enormous and irreparable economic harm."
    The big picture: Defamation lawsuits have so far proven somewhat effective in curbing the spread of disinformation about voter fraud on cable TV, although political disinformation about the coronavirus and the Capitol attack on Jan. 6 is still prevalent on some conservative networks, particularly in primetime, as Axios reported in February.

    The bottom line: "The truth matters. Lies have consequences," Dominion's complaint says. There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. The Department of Homeland Security called the election "the most secure in American history."

    Read the full lawsuit.

    https://www.axios.com/dominion-lawsuit-fox-news-defamation-295ffe29-9a8f-4c91-82bc-989da9ec418e.html
     
    #1 Andre0087, Mar 26, 2021
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    Good.

    I think it's a noticeable phenomenon that Fox and the conservative-sphere has increasingly relied on conspiracies and just plain BS. It's not that the liberals aren't doing it, it's just like comparing the G League to the NBA. There should be consequences (monetary) for the political equivalent of yelling "fire in a crowded theater".
     
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  3. Andre0087

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    My money is on a settlement similar to CNN and the Sandmann...
     
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    Good time to make the fake “news” companies like Fox, OAN, NewsMax, pay for breaking the law.
     
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    Hope they suck as much money as they can from these companies. Don't settle
     
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    Fox will use the “no reasonable person should’ve been taking what we were saying as facts...we were just commenting on what people were saying” defense
     
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    If only Trump had serious money, Dominion would sue.
     
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    Dominion has a better revenue stream thanks to the anti-democracy liars on the right...

     
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    When they settle and these orgs are still standing, does that put a price tag on how profitable it is to lie and peddle their brand of delusions?
     
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    So, why can't they just sue Trump directly? Why just the advisors and spokespeople?
     
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    Political retribution? He can still run for President and carries a lot of sway but this sends him a message to either stop the rhetoric or you'll possibly be next...just my 2 cents.
     
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    You understand how Federal Courts and prosecutors work in cases against (not gonna use it but I sure want to) Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations?
     
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    Because he is a poor boy from a poor family?
     
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    Because the quotes from their press conferences and interviews, all live on camera are basically giant flashing admissions of liability.

    Trump's rambling incoherent speaking style makes it much harder "many people are saying the machines are rigged, <random callback to minor chatacter in fox news extended universe>"
    , let alone whatever immunity he would claim via his office, which would probably have respected lawyer types writing op-eds about protecting the office of the Presidency however odious Trump is.

    Meanwhile the others concurrently held no government office and were much clearer with their statements. And of course the networks that invited them on have deep pockets. They are much better defendants if im suing them.
     
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    I think there is some question whether a sitting president (or at least one that was during these actions) can be sued.
     
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    Those protections really should go away for actions taken after the election is completed. That may not be what the law says, but it doesn't make sense to me otherwise.
     
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    Theyd never collect on a judgement from Drumpf. He cant pay, and if he could he would have some weasel plan to get out of paying by declaring another bankrupcy or something.
     
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    You would think that there would be no protection from legal actions, but I suspect they will be deemed in place until the new president was seated. But before trump, who would have thought these presidential protections would be needed?
     
    #20 NewRoxFan, Aug 12, 2021
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