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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRupert Murdoch and co. net worth was $17b now it's $16b.
Dominions settlement was not very punitive.
https://www.forbes.com/profile/rupert-murdoch/?sh=31a61dd4b1af
Arthur_Frain
(1,855 posts)Absolutely worth nothing.
Phoenix61
(17,006 posts)They were worth 80 million. They are now worth over 9 times that.
They also showed Fox will settle rather than face a trial. And theres the not insignificant issue of their shenanigans with the court. That may or may not go away. The judge could still appoint a special master.
live love laugh
(13,123 posts)Kablooie
(18,637 posts)They know there are risks with the way they skew things but the cost are so small and the profit so huge that they will happily continue.
Peppertoo
(435 posts)But it is a significant wound.
And they face more lawsuits.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Against Sidney Powell and others of her ilk. Of course, any judgement over $500 would probably never be collected.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)that Dominion has suits still going against OAN and Newsmax and the ever-entertaining Pillow Guy
orthoclad
(2,910 posts)and money talks. It's capitalism, baby, not democracy.
Did we actully expect a corporation to defend democracy when the Federal government hasn't?
We're worse off than on 1/6/2021, except for shitgibbon being in Florida not DC.