This likely wouldn't be allowed, but it would really put the well-deserved screws to Fox if they were forced to admit (on all shows, multiple times) that they willingly lied to their audience.

I suspect that the average Fox user gets their "news" from no other source and will likely never hear of a verdict finding Fox at fault.

RonaldS wrote:

This likely wouldn't be allowed, but it would really put the well-deserved screws to Fox if they were forced to admit (on all shows, multiple times) that they willingly lied to their audience.
I suspect that the average Fox user gets their "news" from no other source and will likely never hear of a verdict finding Fox at fault.

It could go a few different ways. Some audience members won't be convinced by a court ruling. The courts will be seen as Elitist and spewers of Fake News. Others will see any Fox admissions as sellout and go on to harder-edged channels. Let's see the decision first...a court case ain't over till it's over.

This should be covered with the intensity of the Simpson trial.

It's amazing how, even though they've been caught red-handed, they still tried to futz with the facts - and not just on air, but in front of the presiding judge, hardly a way to get things off to a good start. As the AP article shows, he's having none of it. 

Fox News and 2020 election lies set to face jury come Monday

I openly wondered in some of these threads whether Fox would even cover the story on air. They haven't been in any major way so far, but on Sunday, Howard Kurtz - who hosts their weekly media show - finally made reference to it, in a three-minute promise that he'd be in the courtroom and would bring his viewers the story. The article indicates that Fox had forbid him to even mention it before now, and they're finally being forced to at least pay some cursory attention to it. 

We'll see if they keep that pledge if things go badly for them.

You can see Kurtz's vow in the story below. 

Fox News Host Howard Kurtz: ‘It’s Been a Very Rough Week for Fox’ 

Interesting. Fox owner Rupert Murdoch has a history of buying his way out of trouble rather than letting anything harmful get out in public. But my understanding is that Dominion wants to make a point and prove to the public that nothing was fixed. It really wants to make Fox pay for its fictions. 

I hope they go ahead with the trial. But sometimes there's too much money to turn down. 

On the Arlene Bynon-hosted Roy Green Show Sunday, she had a guest on who reminded listeners that if Dominion were to win its $1 billion plus suit, there would still be punitive damages to follow, which could also add up to astronomical amounts. So if Fox is offering a settlement, it's going to have to be stunning. 

The judge who delayed the trial by one day is going to make an announcement around 9 this morning.  Apparently Fox is still trying to settle this case out of court.  So we could hear the reason for the delay or possibly there could be a settlement announcement.  Fox has said that even if they were to lose the case, the $1.6 billion Dominion is asking is too high.  They claim any damage done to the company would not be worth near that amount.  

I have been watching Fox and Friends off and on this morning but so far nothing I have seen on the story.  Lots of coverage on Gov. De Santis and Disney, videos showing store owners beating up robbers, the trans Bud Light ad uproar continues, the mass shootings over the weekend, the Democrats attacking athlete Riley Gaines and a preview of Tucker Carlson interviewing Elon Musk on the rise of A.I.  And lots of My Pillow ads..  

All of this political internal and external interference from Fox just proves the worth of a public broadcaster like CBC, NPR or BBC.  

paterson1 wrote:

All of this political internal and external interference from Fox just proves the worth of a public broadcaster like CBC, NPR or BBC.  

+5  : )) .. 
 

The plot thickens. Or as Steve Allen used to say, the thick plottens. Fox shareholders are looking into what happened and may hold those in charge accountable, regardless of the Dominion lawsuit.

"Investors are using provisions in Delaware corporate law to demand internal Fox records to investigate how Fox's leaders acted as its Fox News network aired segments on Trump's false claims that he lost the 2020 presidential election due to voter fraud, two sources confirmed.

 In moves not previously reported, shareholders are looking for records such as board minutes, emails and texts that may contain evidence that Fox directors and executives were derelict by allowing the network to air the false claims.

The shareholders could use these as well as evidence presented in other lawsuits to build a case for the leaders to be held personally liable for costs from two defamation cases by voting-machine companies over the Fox coverage."

Fox investors seek records in possible step toward suing directors
 

cash wrote:

Fox settled

https://news.sky.com/story/dominion-settles-defamation-lawsuit-with-fox-news-over-vote-rigging-claims-12859359

Unfortunate, short-sighted and foolish on Dominion's part.
 

If there's anything positive in this, the Smartmatic suit is continuing. One hopes they will demonstrate more resolve in damaging Fox News.

If you ever needed a way to summarize how this story is being reported (or not), check out the front pages of the Big 3 news channels in the U.S. 

CNN:



MSNBC:



FOX NEWS:


 

They also face similar allegations from another company, and that one is suing for over $2 billion. Any bet the same outcome is in the works? 

The problem, to me, is not that they weren't made to confess what they did. As a bit of a news purist, I'm more upset that their on-air personalities will never be forced to testify in open court, under oath, about the deliberate and worse, knowing lies they told. What they did caused - and continues to cause - serious damage to democracy and has only intensified suspicions some have against government, where EVERYTHING is a conspiracy. 

I, for one, and I suspect I'm not alone, would have gotten great satisfaction to hear them admit this in open court for all the world to see. But alas, it won't happen and they will pay out the money and go blithely on doing the exact same thing. Money paid, Lesson unlearned.  

Maybe the worst part, though, is that the audience that so blindly follows the channel will likely never know or even believe their heroes were at fault and committed the single most egregious sin any so-called "news" organization ever could - openly and deliberately lying to their audience. 

This is one Fox hunt that didn't have a satisfying ending. 

Sadly, many Faux News viewers (a few are right here on this board) either won't hear about this "settlement" (certainly not from Fox), and will continue to believe the bullshit served on that channel.

They'd rather remain protected from the truth, while remaining angry at the rest of humanity. They just can't save themselves.

As for foreign interference in Western elections, there is no worse, lying, negative influence than what comes from Rupert Murdoch, that Australian export who has poisoned the well here, there and everywhere he has influence. A pox on his house.

Fleadh wrote:

Apparently zero people at CP24 - based on three TV hits I've seen and their website - know that this was a Toronto-founded company despite it being in the news consistently for 3 years.

Dominion lists their head office as being in Denver and Toronto.  Every time the CEO was interviewed on CNN prior to the trial he was in Toronto. Sometimes Canadian companies need to play down their Canadian roots in the US since some Americans want to do business with US based companies.  This is likely why they have Denver as one of their head offices. But Dominion definitely was founded and originated here and Toronto is a major part of the operation still.