The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for April 20, 2023
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Articles & Resources:
NPR – Fox News settles blockbuster defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems
Associated Press – Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims
Newsweek – Fox News, OAN, Newsmax Defamation Lawsuit Explained
The Guardian – The legal problems still overshadowing Fox News after its Dominion settlement
Washington Post – (paywall) Fox News still faces $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic
Reuters – Dominion sees no chance of settling suits against pro-Trump lawyers Giuliani, Powell
Business Insider – Supreme Court won’t let MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell dodge Dominion’s $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit
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The defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Election Systems came to a screeching – and expensive – halt Tuesday, as Fox Corporation agreed to pay $787.5 million dollars without having to make an on-air apology. Fox’s troubles are not over yet, however. Several pending lawsuits are likely to expose even more embarrassing behavior.
Pre-trial disclosures showed Fox management and hosts knew that stories about Dominion equipment being involved in voter fraud were untrue, prompting Judge Eric Davis to say in a in March ruling that allowed the case to go to trial, “The evidence developed in this civil proceeding demonstrates that it is CRYSTAL clear that none of the Statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true.”
The settlement avoids a PR disaster for Fox – but only for a minute. A $2.6 Billion dollar lawsuit by another election equipment company, Smartmatic, is also moving forward in a New York court. Fox also faces a suit by one of its senior producers, who claims Fox lawyers tried to coerce her into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case. Discovery in either case may lead to disclosure of more damning emails and documents.
Dominion and Smartmatic also have cases pending against Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo and former host Lou Dobbs, conservative talk channels NewsMax and One America Network, Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.
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