Fox News defamation trial delayed, network pursues settlement talks, source says

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The start of Dominion Voting Systems' $1.6 billion defamation trial against Fox has been pushed back by a day, the judge said, with a source familiar with the matter saying the media giant was pursuing settlement talks

The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, told Reuters that Fox was seeking a possible settlement. The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal also reported that Fox was pursuing settlement talks, citing sources.and Fox News in a defamation lawsuit over the network's coverage of the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

Davis on Wednesday sanctioned Fox News, handing Dominion a fresh chance to gather evidence after Fox withheld records until the eve of the trial. Murdoch is set to testify, along with a parade of Fox executives and on-air hosts, including Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Jeanine Pirro. Dominion is asking for $1.6 billion in damages, a figure Fox has said is unrealistic and based on flawed economic modeling.

The primary question for jurors is whether Fox knowingly spread false information or recklessly disregarded the truth, the standard of "actual malice" that Dominion must show to prevail in a defamation case. Dominion also cites evidence that some hosts and producers thought the guests spreading the false statements, including former Trump attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, could not back up their allegations.

 

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dominionvoting should settle, for $1.5 billion. FOXNewsLies MakeTheLiarsPay TrumpsBigLie

Do NOT - for the sake of the nation - make a settlement. We need to get FOX to apologize from now on and everyday forward

Settlement?

Every time I see Reuters, the first thing I think about is the massive own by CommunityNotes

Unacceptable

No. Not acceptable. I've already invested in the popcorn.

Pay a big compensation and happily continue to knowingly mislead the Public with lies, hatred and discrimination. How would this be justice?

They shouldn't be allowed to buy their way out of this

Fox does NOT want any of this to get out to the public. Are they afraid that the public will know the dirty truth?

Noooooo!! Make them pay!!

I don't know if they will settle, but I don't want to settle, they use false information

Please no settlement!

Of course - so they can bury all the testimony about how two faced and full of you know what they are

Faux news infotainment. I hope they pay heavy.

If they can pay 1.3 Billion.

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No !

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