Re: media matters
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2023 4:07 am
Do not forget the “other” suit in line. They may not be as interested in a settlement.
... we have product liability laws in this country. FOX produced an intentionally defective product. The customers who relied on this product should be able to sue for damages. Obvious case are the peripheral folks who got caught up in Jan 6. But why not others who based other life decisions on this lie, which downstream caused them harm? Then there are the knock on effects, parties harmed by FOX customers because they believed the sh*t. Don't think it is a layup, but there are a lot of folks fitting the description it seems to me. Just saying.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 8:30 pmNot sure how that would work, but I do think that Fox's shareholder's have a legit damages beef with the Board and management. That suit is apparently in the works.jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 12:33 pm... a thought. FOX's viewers need to sue them for feeding them lies for all these years. A business plan based on misinformation. Discovery would be great fun. Would only be possible as a class action suit, if possible at all. Settlement would be huge.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 11:54 amHere's more about the value of Dominion prior to the 2020 election:jhu72 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 19, 2023 11:36 am... this isn't the end, by a long shot. Initially I was disappointed it didn't go to trial. but thinking about it is a small thing. FOX viewers aren't totally in the dark. This is the beginning, not the end. Big loss for FOX. Big win for American democracy. It serves notice to would be right wing we can lie with impunity businesses. There is a lot more litigation to be adjudicated.MDlaxfan76 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:02 pmThe big missing piece in the Dominion settlement (which is 10 times what they valued the entire company $30-80 million...!) is any direct admission from the Fox News anchors that they were lying, and no fulsome apology, just that we 'acknowledge the Court's findings (that we lied).Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:18 pmThere is still the Smartmatic suit against Fox, which a lot of lawyers think is better than Dominion's.SCLaxAttack wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 5:17 pmAnd as if it's a complete surprise, the Fox News home page has NOTHING on the settlement. I scrolled all the way down to the copyright statement. Nothing to see here. Keep moving along.Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:51 pmFox didn’t do anything wrong. Just putting it out there.Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Tue Apr 18, 2023 4:32 pmSettled after jury selection. Agreement to pay Dominion $787,500,000.00. I assume there will be a retraction/apology in there somewhere.Seacoaster(1) wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 5:57 pm Apparently no settlement (yet?); opening statements should be fun.
"We acknowledge the Court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false. This settlement reflects FOX’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards. We are hopeful that our decision to resolve this dispute with Dominion amicably, instead of the acrimony of a divisive trial, allows the country to move forward from these issues."
But of course, the publicity of the actual caught redhanded lying through their teeth, over and over again, did get out...man, they should have settled sooner...
Maybe Smartmatic will be tougher on demanding on-air apologies. Full statements and admissions.
But I bet they take a whopping number to go away too.
And then there are the scum NewsMax and OAN, and Guiliani, Lindell, and Powell etc...Dominion's lawyers are sitting on a heck of a litigation war chest.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/foxs-7875 ... 023-04-18/
I think they'll win sizable settlements from OAN and Newsmax, though obviously they don't have as deep pockets. I'd like them to own My Pillow!
Smartmatic may well land an even bigger settlement, but I hope they don't settle before these guys testify in open court...preferably with cameras...but that's just wishful thinking. Probably take a big money settlement and similar wishy washy "acknowledgment".
