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Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation

Apr. 20, 2023

Did Dominion dominate Fox?

Beyond the financial consequences of this settlement lie deeper and rather more unsettling questions about why Dominion agreed to settle and who really benefited from avoiding a trial.

It is undeniable that $787.5 million is a lot of money. That's how much Dominion Voting Systems will receive as the result of settling its $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News Network (FNN) and its parent entity, Fox Corporation (FC), for allowing FNN's guests and hosts to make 20 false on-air statements about how Dominion's voting machines helped "steal" the 2020 election from former President Donald J. Trump. The payout, though less than half of what Dom...

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