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Second settlement this week. There was this other conspiracy theory: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/fox-news-venezuela-dominion.html https://www.n

Second settlement this week. There was this other conspiracy theory: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/fox-news-venezuela-dominion.html https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/fox-news-venezue... Of course, these sort of things have happened before: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938545344/fox-news-settles-with-seth-richs-parents-for-false-story-claiming-clinton-leaks https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938545344/fox-news-settles-wi...

tenpies 4y ago
And to several networks: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-viral-video/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-vir... "CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann stemming from viral video controversy" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/business/media/washington-post-lawsuit-covington-student.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/business/media/washington... "Washington Post Settles Lawsuit With Student in Viral Protest Video" https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29289191 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29289191 "NY Times settles lawsuit with McCain lobbyist"
- microtherion 4y ago
  Yes, but in all those cases, the settlement terms were not disclosed. What is somewhat unusual here is not just the high amount, but also that it was disclosed — which may very well have been another condition of the settlement that Dominion insisted on.
- j_walter 4y ago
  ...and those did real damage to individuals. I'd say it's one thing for a large corporation to have certain things claimed against it and an entirely different thing for a giant news network going after individuals with complete garbage reporting (not a single thing they claimed about Nick Sandmann was true and it was easily verifiable).
r00fus 4y ago
There is still one more multi-billion dollar case [1] with Smartmatic to settle or go to court. [1] https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-lawyers-fox-news-sued-for-2-7-billion-by-voting-machine-maker-2363484 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-lawyers-fox-news-sued-...

tenpies 4y ago

And to several networks: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-viral-video/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/media/cnn-settles-lawsuit-vir... "CNN settles lawsuit with Nick Sandmann stemming from viral video controversy" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/business/media/washington-post-lawsuit-covington-student.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/business/media/washington... "Washington Post Settles Lawsuit With Student in Viral Protest Video" https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29289191 https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29289191 "NY Times settles lawsuit with McCain lobbyist"

microtherion 4y ago
Yes, but in all those cases, the settlement terms were not disclosed. What is somewhat unusual here is not just the high amount, but also that it was disclosed — which may very well have been another condition of the settlement that Dominion insisted on.
j_walter 4y ago
...and those did real damage to individuals. I'd say it's one thing for a large corporation to have certain things claimed against it and an entirely different thing for a giant news network going after individuals with complete garbage reporting (not a single thing they claimed about Nick Sandmann was true and it was easily verifiable).

r00fus 4y ago

There is still one more multi-billion dollar case [1] with Smartmatic to settle or go to court. [1] https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-lawyers-fox-news-sued-for-2-7-billion-by-voting-machine-maker-2363484 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/trump-lawyers-fox-news-sued-...