@pairko @andricheli

I think there are many charlatans operating within the 4th estate who have exploited notions of #FreeSpeech to maliciously inject lies into the public forum. That estate has been corrupted in some parts by those whose agenda is better supported by lies. That's why I'm happy at the scale of the #FoxDominion settlement. I believe it has shifted the landscape

@kbsez

I think the landscape has changed as a result of #FoxDominion. The scale of the settlement has put #NewsMedia companies on notice that they can no longer hide behind #FreedomOfSpeech defenses when found to have engaged in malicious #defamation

#FoxNews is staring down the barrel of another defamation suit from #Smartmatic. Difficult to expect that the same pattern of lies will not yield a similar settlement. With that, all of #Fox’s profits evaporate for the year

@kbsez

I can’t say I’m familiar with the #AbbyGrossberg. Certainly allegations of sexual harassment aren’t surprising given #FoxNews checkered history. In light of the revelations from #FoxDominion I imagine there is likely an electronic trail which will bolster Ms Grossberg’s suit

I disagree on the notion that the #Dominion suit is “Not a loss for Fox”, a few more loses like that….

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-abby-grossberg-lawsuit.html

/8 Why exactly was #TuckerCarlson fired by #FoxNews?

Chances are we’ll never really know as #RupertMurdoch and his corporate lackeys know how to keep their collective mouths shut

Likely, the firing was triggered by financial pain associated with #FoxDominion settlement, a pending sexual harassment suit or the reported general disdain #Tucker expressed to #Fox executives

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171641969/fox-news-fires-tucker-carlson-in-stunning-move-a-week-after-787-million-settleme

Spread the news that Tucker Carlson was fired for lying about EVERYTHING!

Since Fox will most likely tell its viewers that Carlson parted on good terms, democrats have an opportunity to shove this truth down MAGA republican throats. Spread it until they get sick if hearing it.

Fox, Carlson, Hannity, Ingram, and other Fox hosts lied about election fraud, Jan 6, Biden, Pelosi, Democrats, and every conspiracy theory Trump started.

Carlson was FIRED, because he, and others at Fox, erroneously defamed Dominion, an honest election equipment company, and those lies cost Fox almost a billion dollars. Murdoch wants to dump blame on Carlson, rather than fire the whole lot of his unethical, accomplices.

Carlson said he hated Trump, yet he still lied for him. Or was it all for the money, just like Trump.

The truth is finally catching up with Fox! Their lies cost them $787M

#carlson
#tuckercarlson
#FoxLied
#foxnews
#CarlsonLies
#tuckercarlson
#truthmatters
#foxdominion

/7 Many are disappointed #FoxNews will not be subjected to a public trial exposing their willful embrace of the #BigElectionLie. The #HardRight ecosphere are busily selling the shrewdness of the #FoxDominion settlement. Truth is, #Dominion has now shown the way to victims of propaganda outlets masquerading as #NewsMedia. A few more settlements like this and there will be nothing left to be shrew with

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/media/fox-dominion-misinformation.html

/6 John Poulus of #Dominion explains why he settled the #FoxDominion suit rather than going to trial. He lists the 6 remaining defamation cases being pursued by his company - 4 suits against individuals in addition to #NewsMax and #OAN

Further success will have a distinct cooling on those who pursue the #BigLie

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/opinion/dominion-ceo-fox-lawsuit.html

In another case of consequences for overt lies, #MikeLindell, aka #PillowGuy, is ordered to pay $5 million.

Maybe the #TruthIsBack? Is this a new era for #journalism? It’s been a good week for those that believe in a responsible #FourthEstate

#News #NewsMedia #Fox #FoxDominion

https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/04/20/mike-lindell-prove-wrong-contest

@StevenBeschloss

I expect the settlement will have a cooling effect on #Murdoch and his tribe of blowhards. While #Fox can certainly this settlement, a big fat precedent has been set and all #news organizations are likely calculating their increased legal exposure. Those devoted to bloviated opinion and popularizing falsehoods rather than the hard business of actual reporting will likely have to reconsider their practices.

#NewsMedia #foxdominion #Dominion

Angelo Carusone to Amy Goodman/#DemocracyNow:

The 1st thing #Fox did yesterday after announcing the settlement was to put it out there (1) the payout is tax deductible, so they'll be getting a big tax deduction from it for abt 1/3 of what it settled w/ Dominion for & (2) they're in the midst of contract negotiations with cable companies & will be charging an extra $1 per subscriber per cable company, bringing in around an additional $600M, recouping all the payout & more.
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#FoxDominion

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/dominion-voting-systems-investor-profit-return-fox-news-defamation-lawsuit-2023-4 #fox #Dominion #foxdominion #cspanwj

/2 While I accept the notion that the $787 m #FoxDominion settlement is certainly bearable, I think the scale of the payment will have a chilling effect on the purveyors of #disinformation. This agreement is not going to give shareholders of Fox Corp a warm fuzzy as it disrupts a #news business model predicated on lies and will take a huge chunk out of this year’s profits - likely more than 50%.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/fox-news-lost-lawsuit-won-war/673760

/2 While I accept the notion that the $787 m #FoxDominion settlement is certainly bearable, I think the scale of the payment will have a chilling effect on the purveyors of #disinformation. This agreement is not going to give shareholders of Fox Corp a warm fuzzy as it disrupts a #news business model predicated on lies and will take a huge chunk out of this year’s profits - likely more than 50%.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/04/fox-news-lost-lawsuit-won-war/673760/

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/18/rupert-murdoch-dominion-settlement-00092694

#propaganda #foxdominion

#foxdominion
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rspHMZF6jTs&feature=share

It’s not even about the money. The people that believed this shit were always going to believe it. I just wanted those liars up on the stand saying they lied. #FoxDominion

I bet Kerry was behind this #FoxDominion #Succession

@Teri_Kanefield

"Fox pays $0.8bn to avoid having to defend its position."

#Fox #Dominion #FoxDominion

Fox News settles with Dominion in historic $1.6 billion defamation case: #FoxNews must pay #Dominion $787.5 million
https://www.rawstory.com/fox-news-dominion-lawsuit-2659876321/
Fox: "...settlement reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards." 😉😄
#dominion #foxnews #lawsuit #dominionfoxlawsuit #foxdominion #dominionfox

I hope Dominion put some hurt onto Murdoch, maybe make Tucker wear a dunce cap from now on.
#FoxDominion
#DominionFox

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/04/18/business/fox-news-dominion-trial-settlement/fox-news-dominion-defamation-trial?smid=url-share