BREAKING: Fox, Dominion reach settlement over false election claims
Dominion had asked for US$1.6 billion in arguing that Fox had damaged its reputation by helping peddle conspiracy theories about its equipment. Fox said the amount greatly overstated the value of the Colorado-based company.The settlement was announced by the judge in the case, who allowed the case to go to trial while emphasizing that it was "CRYSTAL clear" that none of the allegations about Dominion aired on Fox by allies of former president Donald Trump were true.
Ultimately, there appeared to be too much at risk for both sides to allow them to put the case in the hands of a jury. "The statements at issue were dramatically different than the truth," Davis said in his summary judgment ruling. "In fact, although it cannot be attributed directly to Fox's statements, it is noteworthy that some Americans still believe the election was rigged."
"Freedom of speech and of the press would be illusory if the prevailing side in a public controversy could sue the press for giving a forum to the losing side," Fox said in court papers. Dominion's attorneys argued that Fox made a deliberate decision to repeatedly air the false claims to appeal to viewers. They allowed guests to falsely claim that the company had rigged the election, flipped large numbers of votes to Biden through a secret algorithm, was owned by a company founded in Venezuela to rig elections for Hugo Chavez, and bribed government officials.
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