Fox admits lying and settles for $787 million.

[trunks2k]

They already lost the factual aspect of the case - the only thing left was damages.

No, they still had to get a ruling on actual malice. Though it was pretty clearly gonna go in their favor there

 

[SimplyMe]

I think one of the major differences between the two is that Fox actually has that kind of money, as to where I was always skeptical if Alex Jones really had the amount of money they were suing him for (or even anything remotely close to it).

Joe Rogan (dubbed king of the podcasts) has a net worth of $120 million.
Ben Shapiro (who owns an alternative outlet that performs much better than info wars) is worth about $50 million

They were originally suing Jones for something like close to a billion if memory serves, he's been doing it longer than those two, but the notion that he exceeds those two financially seemed far fetched and the exorbitantly high amount they were suing for seemed like it was more about "sue him out of existence".

In Fox's case, they definitely had the amount of money Dominion was suing for.

The big issue for Fox now, do they have the $2 billion Smartmatic is suing them for? That also may have been part of Dominions thinking -- they could get their money but Fox will stay in the news, and are likely to be hit with a second judgement, as they go through these same issues with Smartmatic.

You also have to wonder about the other lawsuits Dominion has. Yes, Fox News survived -- but the defense for Newsmax, One America News, Mike Lindell, Sydney Powell, etc. have become much tougher, and none of them have the money Fox has. By contrast, Dominion now has a few hundred million dollars they can likely add to their legal fund, to help turn the screws against the remaining defendants (don't have the same need/desire to settle with them).

 

[NxNW]

Secret Recording of Ted Cruz slamming Trump's and Fox's election lies has surfaced

In a Beat exclusive, MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber reports on a secret recording of Senator Ted Cruz talking with Fox host Maria Bartiromo from November 2020. In this never-before-heard tape Cruz privately doubts Trump on election lies and warns Fox about needing “actual facts” amidst coup talk. It comes as Bloomberg reports the Fox whistelblower’s secret records helped Dominion win a record-breaking penalty.