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Fox news just settled a defamation case for over $700 million. At some point, you can't call what's being broadcast an "opinion." Clearly Fox agrees what they'r
by rcme 3y ago
Fox news just settled a defamation case for over $700 million. At some point, you can't call what's being broadcast an "opinion." Clearly Fox agrees what they're broadcasting isn't an opinion and is instead a falsehood, because otherwise they would have argued their case.
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- roenxi 3y agoWe should note that they settled against Dominion Voting Systems which is one of the weakest points in the entire US democratic apparatus. There is a strong argument that DVS shouldn't have a market to sell to and that voting should be done entirely with pen and paper. Tracking whether their voting machines are secure and appropriately tamper-resistant is too hard and the use of electronic voting undermines confidence in the vote. So while lying about what is happening is supremely unhelpful; this is an area where the freest of free speech standards should be applied. Cracks in the technical foundations of how votes are tallied are extremely dangerous and all scrutiny should be invited. Voting processes should be held to an extremely high standard of transparency. My preferred outcome here is that Dominion gets its 700 billion from Fox News in settlement for all the lies then closes its doors and ceases trading.