Fox News loses bid to dismiss Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit

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Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fox News Network on Thursday lost an effort to dismiss a $1.6 billion lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems Inc, a voting machine company that says the television network defamed it by amplifying conspiracy theories about its technology.

In a written ruling, Delaware court judge Eric Davis said Dominion had sufficiently alleged it was defamed by Fox News' election coverage and the case should proceed toward trial.

(Reporting by Jan Wolfe in Washington and Helen Coster in New York; editing by Diane Craft)

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/fox-news-loses-bid-to-dismiss-dominions-16-billion-defamation-lawsuit/ar-AARTqX3?ocid=uxbndlbing

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1. Womp womp

Fox isn't having a good week, is it?

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2. Judge Declines to Dismiss Dominion Defamation Suit Against Fox News

This makes me smile

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A judge in Delaware ruled Thursday that a defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News could proceed despite the defendant’s strenuous objections. The voting machine manufacturer is alleging that the cable news giant “recklessly disregarded the truth” when it "gave life to a manufactured storyline about election fraud that cast a then-little-known voting machine company called Dominion as the villain." The company is seeking $1.6 billion in damages.

The judge wrote, “If the plaintiff offers ‘some direct evidence’ that the statement ‘was probably false,’ the Court can infer that the defendant ‘inten[ded] to avoid the truth.’”

Fox News said in a statement, “Fox News, along with every single news organization across the country, vigorously covered the breaking news surrounding the unprecedented 2020 election, providing full context of every story with in-depth reporting and clear-cut analysis. We remain committed to defending against this baseless lawsuit and its all-out assault on the First Amendment.”

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3. 👍 We could use a new MEDIA Company named DOMINION

Go get em!

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8. This!👆

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14. Wouldn' that be cool!

SheltieLover

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19. Not sure why wealthy Dems aren't buying media outlets

They know psy ops work.

[Justice matters.]

4. Please BANKRUPT the muRdochs!

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12. It's not going to happen, they have more money than that, plus the lawsuit is against the company

They will file for bankruptcy, change the name of the "news" organization and that is it.

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16. Well for starters they should lose their broadcast license

They call themselves a "news" broadcaster but they clearly are the public relations wing of the Repuke Party.

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25. Jeez.

How many times does this have to be posted here on DU, there is no FCC license to operate on cable, satellite or the internet, matter of fact, there is no license at all, the FCC is expressly forbidden by law to regulate any content with regards to these venues.

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18. Should be called Murderdochs considering the damage to million of lives...

due to their non-stop lying and deceiving of the public relating to healthcare, gun regulation and COVID to name a few.


KY.....

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5. Good. Discovery should be a hoot.

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7. I agree

Now discovery can commence and this will be fun to watch

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9. ...

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6. K & R!!!

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10. YAY!

Of course, Faux Noise would move to get the suit dismissed. That's usually the first step with these things. Even if they know the motion will probably be denied, the attempt will almost always be made in a lawsuit like this.

Yay for the judge for making the right decision!

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11. news or entertainment?

Since Fox once dodged a suit by legally establishing that they are "entertainment", can this be used against them in this case? IOW, they can't hide behind Freedom of the Press"?

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24. Myth.

Repeated often. But Fox never "dodged" a suit by establishing the it is entertainment.

Usually, this myth is based on a Florida case that didn't even involve Fox News.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-skews/

Sometimes its based on a defamation case involving Tucker Carlson in which the court held that his particular comments were opinion commentary and thus not the basis for a defamation suit. The word "entertainment' never appears in the decision.

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13. Boohoo

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15. Sean, Tucker , Lara , won't last long working for Dominion New's ???

damn, got a nice ring to it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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17. They should sue radio hosts too n/t

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20. Absolutely. Rush got the Medal of Freedumb? They only work to undermine all Dems and libruls. 24/7

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21. Fox Propaganda Network just lost its bid to dismiss Dominion's $1.8 billion defamation lawsuit

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22. Woohoo

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23. Fox's worst week? Dominion ruling adds to drumbeat of bad news for the network

I am amused by Fox News having a bad week

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On Sunday the Fox News Channel's news facade was chipped away when Chris Wallace decamped to CNN. On Monday the hypocrisy of Fox's biggest stars was highlighted by a bipartisan House committee. On Tuesday the network belatedly and weakly defended itself. And the week wasn't even half over yet.

On Wednesday Fox's social media team was forced to delete an antisemitic cartoon after advocacy groups shamed the network. And today, Thursday, Fox was set back in court in a big way. As Katelyn Polantz reports here, "a judge in Delaware has found that Fox News' coverage of election fraud after the 2020 election may have been inaccurate, and is allowing a major defamation case against the right-wing TV network to move forward."

"The ruling will now allow Dominion to attempt to unearth extensive communications within Fox News as they gather evidence for the case, and the company may be able to interview the network's top names under oath," Polantz explains.

For that reason, some media writers are speculating that the network will now try to settle, lest it be subjected to the embarrassment of the discovery process. "Fox loses the key motion; cases often settle at this point," Ben Smith tweeted, "and a settlement here would likely be a big number. It's a very strong case."