You're right, Fox called the totally RIGGED election earlier than anyone else. It was set up that way on purpose.
It would not surprise me in the least if this highly public Fox lawsuit was RIGGED behind the scenes for the same reason.
"Look everyone, Fox just settled! See? Nothing to see here! No fraud!" ?
Problem for them is, I've actually spoken to people who have audited these foreign black box machines, in some cases they were seized illegally. The RIGGED algorithms embedded in the software are consistent, from Michigan to Maryland.
They have a great gig going, it's not like the criminals are just going to admit all this and give up..
The wheels of civil justice grind slow, but they are grinding.
Meanwhile, military intelligence already has all the forensic evidence from these RIGGED black box machines and are standing by...
Squirt only one crying. I don’t watch Fox. Again, they all tie into each other. That is where DuHbitch and squirt pea brains go blank. Low IQ. Think they have something and as usual it’s just a big nothing burger.Man are you ever gullible and stupid.
Still sound asleep in deep hibernation...
Still believing and trusting your television? Really? Even after the PLANNED-DEMIC?
81 million votes! ?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Libs haven't got the message yet that most of us aren't backing Fox News anymore. Tucker is fine, but thats about it.Fox News doesn't want discovery.
Mike Lindell wants discovery.
I want discovery.
Trump wants discovery.
Patriots want discovery.
Crack open those black box machines. Show the public the algorithms like Elon Musk did with Twitter.
Show the corruption and RIGGING.
One way or the other, the public will know the truth.
it s like this settlement is some victory for them. Maybe a good distraction for them from their tranny agenda taking a hit recently.
But we're election deniers and we're upset ? about tranny videos so that's the important take from all of this.
Stop LYING, you stupid Nazi cunt. You frequently snort derisively at any anti MAGA outlet, without explanation, as if, Ridicule from Nazi Steve Speaks for Itself, lol. I pressed you for MONTHS to reveal who YOUR sources were, and, finally, you posted a big, splashy headline from-DRUM roll, please-the fucking NEW YORK POST (which, of course, is owned by Murdoch, just as Faux News is). When I asked you to "comment" on ANOTHER splashy NY Post headline:
Suddenly, you didn't have SHIT to say, just as you haven't about your hilariously incorrect "Dem Voter Fraud has ALREADY started" prediction-and, remind me again, what was the primary reason that Faux News just got BUTT fucked for over 3/4 of a BILLION dollars? Oh, yeah, BULLSHIT voter fraud claims, so, don't try to pretend that you weren't lapping about Faux bullshit like the big, dumb dog that you are. Furthermore, the fact that you resisted revealing them and won't now say who your "real" source is shows that you're ashamed of it-Judicial Watch, Q, Newsmaxx, who gives a fuck, they're ALL fucking crazy, just as YOU are. Meidas Touch, the group of lawyers who sued Brainless, BUTT ugly, baboon looking blonde bitch Taylor Greene, and forced HER to settle, too, has a couple of T-shirts I may buy:
IT WASN'T RIGGED...YOU'RE JUST A LOSER
and
THE BEST PART OF WAKING UP IS MAGA TEAR IN MY CUP!
MEANWHILE, EAT A DICK, NAZI SCUM, AND ENJOY YOUR FUHRER'S SLOW DESTRUCTION, LOL.What’s Next for Dominion After Its $787.5 Million Settlement with Fox News?
403
Tiffany Hsu
Wed, April 19, 2023 at 10:20 AM PDT
Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems arrive at the Delaware Superior Court in Wilmington on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
Dominion Voting Systems did more on Tuesday than settle its lawsuit against Fox News for $787.5 million: It also set the tone for the many related defamation cases it has filed.
Legal experts say the settlement with Fox News, one of the largest defamation payouts in American history, could embolden Dominion as it continues to defend its reputation, which it says was savaged by conspiracy theories about vote fraud during the 2020 election. The company has several cases pending against public figures including Mike Lindell, the MyPillow executive, and news outlets such as Newsmax.
The targets of Dominion’s remaining lawsuits, few of which have deep pockets and legal firepower at Fox’s level, will likely take a cue from Dominion and Fox’s faceoff, legal experts said.
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“Even though it was a settlement, it certainly was a victory for Dominion,” said Margaret M. Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University. “For other possible defendants, I don’t think this will make them double down; it will make them fearful.”
Dominion is the second-largest election technology company operating in the United States, where there are few other major players. The company, whose majority owner is the private equity firm Staple Street Capital, was made “toxic” by the false fraud narratives in 2020, one of Staple Street’s founders said in court documents. At one point, Dominion estimated that misinformation cost it $600 million in profits.
Fox said in its court filings that Dominion did not have to lay off employees, close offices or default on any debts, nor did it suffer any canceled business contracts as a result of the news network’s coverage. Fox said in one filing that Dominion had projected $98 million in revenue for 2022, which would make Tuesday’s settlement the equivalent of eight years of sales.
Dominion’s customers are largely officials who oversee voting in states and counties around the country; the company served 28 states, as well as Puerto Rico, in the 2020 election. The false stories about fraud that were directed at the company were embraced by some local election officials.
In court documents, an expert enlisted by Dominion said that the company had very low early contract termination rates and very high contract renewal rates before the 2020 election but blamed the preoccupation with the false fraud claims for prompting some clients to exit deals after the vote.
Now Dominion has emerged from its tussle with Fox in a stronger position to win back any skittish clients or score new business, legal experts said.
Last month, the judge in Dominion’s case against Fox reviewed evidence of the false claims and wrote that it “is CRYSTAL clear that none of the statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true,” effectively confirming that the company was aboveboard.
The secretary of state of New Mexico, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, applauded Tuesday’s settlement.
“The harm done by election lies/denialism since 2020 is immeasurable, but this settlement against Fox News provides accountability & sends a strong message we’re happy to see,” Toulouse Oliver wrote on Twitter. During the midterm primaries last year, she blamed “unfounded conspiracy theories” when she sued officials in Otero County who had cited concerns about Dominion machines in their refusal to certify election results.
Fox acknowledged in a statement Tuesday that some of the claims it had made about Dominion were false, saying that the admission “reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
John Poulos, Dominion’s founder and CEO, said in a statement Tuesday that Fox caused “enormous damage” to his company and “nothing can ever make up for that.” He also thanked the election officials who make up Dominion’s clientele and nodded to Staple Street’s support.
Dominion drew some complaints that by settling, it had given up the opportunity to extract an apology from Fox or force it through a potentially embarrassing trial. An opinion article in the Daily Beast bemoaned that the voting technology company had “decided to step out of the ring with a bag of money instead of vanquishing one of the country’s most destructive and influential peddlers of hate and disinformation.”
Poulos called the settlement “a big step forward for democracy” in an interview with ABC News broadcast Wednesday.
Legal experts noted that even if Dominion had prevailed in a jury verdict, it would have risked years of expensive battles over appeals from Fox.
“The tort of defamation is not about saving democracy from liars,” said Enrique Armijo, a professor and First Amendment expert at Elon University School of Law. “It’s about saving the reputation of the people who have been lied about and making those liars compensate them for the harms to their reputations.”
Fox still faces other legal challenges, including a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from another election technology company, Smartmatic. Fox said it planned to defend freedom of the press in the case and called Smartmatic’s damages claims “outrageous, unsupported and not rooted in sound financial analysis.” Smartmatic said in a statement that after the Dominion settlement, it “will expose the rest” of the “misconduct and damage caused by Fox’s disinformation campaign.”
Dominion, too, has more cases pending, including against pro-Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network. Although the lawsuits involve similar false claims of election fraud, the facts of each case vary, experts said.
Attorneys for Lindell and Giuliani did not immediately respond to requests for comment, nor did Newsmax or OAN.
For the individuals and smaller companies facing legal claims, for whom a substantial jury judgment could be an “existential” threat, settlement might seem more attractive after Tuesday, Armijo said.
“They’re not going to be able to put up the same level of defense that Fox did; they just don’t have the resources to do it,” he said. “It’s hard to see the other defamation defendants in the remaining cases getting any further than Fox did, which, as we saw, is not very far.”
Ahhh. The ramblings from an 0-114 , arrest warrant , abandoned threads byttfucked lowlife piece of shitStop LYING, you stupid Nazi cunt. You frequently snort derisively at any anti MAGA outlet, without explanation, as if, Ridicule from Nazi Steve Speaks for Itself, lol. I pressed you for MONTHS to reveal who YOUR sources were, and, finally, you posted a big, splashy headline from-DRUM roll, please-the fucking NEW YORK POST (which, of course, is owned by Murdoch, just as Faux News is). When I asked you to "comment" on ANOTHER splashy NY Post headline:
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Suddenly, you didn't have SHIT to say, just as you haven't about your hilariously incorrect "Dem Voter Fraud has ALREADY started" prediction-and, remind me again, what was the primary reason that Faux News just got BUTT fucked for over 3/4 of a BILLION dollars? Oh, yeah, BULLSHIT voter fraud claims, so, don't try to pretend that you weren't lapping about Faux bullshit like the big, dumb dog that you are. Furthermore, the fact that you resisted revealing them and won't now say who your "real" source is shows that you're ashamed of it-Judicial Watch, Q, Newsmaxx, who gives a fuck, they're ALL fucking crazy, just as YOU are. Meidas Touch, the group of lawyers who sued Brainless, BUTT ugly, baboon looking blonde bitch Taylor Greene, and forced HER to settle, too, has a couple of T-shirts I may buy:
IT WASN'T RIGGED...YOU'RE JUST A LOSER
and
THE BEST PART OF WAKING UP IS MAGA TEAR IN MY CUP!
What’s Next for Dominion After Its $787.5 Million Settlement with Fox News?
403
Tiffany Hsu
Wed, April 19, 2023 at 10:20 AM PDT
Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems arrive at the Delaware Superior Court in Wilmington on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Pete Marovich/The New York Times)
Dominion Voting Systems did more on Tuesday than settle its lawsuit against Fox News for $787.5 million: It also set the tone for the many related defamation cases it has filed.
Legal experts say the settlement with Fox News, one of the largest defamation payouts in American history, could embolden Dominion as it continues to defend its reputation, which it says was savaged by conspiracy theories about vote fraud during the 2020 election. The company has several cases pending against public figures including Mike Lindell, the MyPillow executive, and news outlets such as Newsmax.
The targets of Dominion’s remaining lawsuits, few of which have deep pockets and legal firepower at Fox’s level, will likely take a cue from Dominion and Fox’s faceoff, legal experts said.
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“Even though it was a settlement, it certainly was a victory for Dominion,” said Margaret M. Russell, a law professor at Santa Clara University. “For other possible defendants, I don’t think this will make them double down; it will make them fearful.”
Dominion is the second-largest election technology company operating in the United States, where there are few other major players. The company, whose majority owner is the private equity firm Staple Street Capital, was made “toxic” by the false fraud narratives in 2020, one of Staple Street’s founders said in court documents. At one point, Dominion estimated that misinformation cost it $600 million in profits.
Fox said in its court filings that Dominion did not have to lay off employees, close offices or default on any debts, nor did it suffer any canceled business contracts as a result of the news network’s coverage. Fox said in one filing that Dominion had projected $98 million in revenue for 2022, which would make Tuesday’s settlement the equivalent of eight years of sales.
Dominion’s customers are largely officials who oversee voting in states and counties around the country; the company served 28 states, as well as Puerto Rico, in the 2020 election. The false stories about fraud that were directed at the company were embraced by some local election officials.
In court documents, an expert enlisted by Dominion said that the company had very low early contract termination rates and very high contract renewal rates before the 2020 election but blamed the preoccupation with the false fraud claims for prompting some clients to exit deals after the vote.
Now Dominion has emerged from its tussle with Fox in a stronger position to win back any skittish clients or score new business, legal experts said.
Last month, the judge in Dominion’s case against Fox reviewed evidence of the false claims and wrote that it “is CRYSTAL clear that none of the statements relating to Dominion about the 2020 election are true,” effectively confirming that the company was aboveboard.
The secretary of state of New Mexico, Maggie Toulouse Oliver, applauded Tuesday’s settlement.
“The harm done by election lies/denialism since 2020 is immeasurable, but this settlement against Fox News provides accountability & sends a strong message we’re happy to see,” Toulouse Oliver wrote on Twitter. During the midterm primaries last year, she blamed “unfounded conspiracy theories” when she sued officials in Otero County who had cited concerns about Dominion machines in their refusal to certify election results.
Fox acknowledged in a statement Tuesday that some of the claims it had made about Dominion were false, saying that the admission “reflects Fox’s continued commitment to the highest journalistic standards.”
John Poulos, Dominion’s founder and CEO, said in a statement Tuesday that Fox caused “enormous damage” to his company and “nothing can ever make up for that.” He also thanked the election officials who make up Dominion’s clientele and nodded to Staple Street’s support.
Dominion drew some complaints that by settling, it had given up the opportunity to extract an apology from Fox or force it through a potentially embarrassing trial. An opinion article in the Daily Beast bemoaned that the voting technology company had “decided to step out of the ring with a bag of money instead of vanquishing one of the country’s most destructive and influential peddlers of hate and disinformation.”
Poulos called the settlement “a big step forward for democracy” in an interview with ABC News broadcast Wednesday.
Legal experts noted that even if Dominion had prevailed in a jury verdict, it would have risked years of expensive battles over appeals from Fox.
“The tort of defamation is not about saving democracy from liars,” said Enrique Armijo, a professor and First Amendment expert at Elon University School of Law. “It’s about saving the reputation of the people who have been lied about and making those liars compensate them for the harms to their reputations.”
Fox still faces other legal challenges, including a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from another election technology company, Smartmatic. Fox said it planned to defend freedom of the press in the case and called Smartmatic’s damages claims “outrageous, unsupported and not rooted in sound financial analysis.” Smartmatic said in a statement that after the Dominion settlement, it “will expose the rest” of the “misconduct and damage caused by Fox’s disinformation campaign.”
Dominion, too, has more cases pending, including against pro-Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and One America News Network. Although the lawsuits involve similar false claims of election fraud, the facts of each case vary, experts said.
Attorneys for Lindell and Giuliani did not immediately respond to requests for comment, nor did Newsmax or OAN.
For the individuals and smaller companies facing legal claims, for whom a substantial jury judgment could be an “existential” threat, settlement might seem more attractive after Tuesday, Armijo said.
“They’re not going to be able to put up the same level of defense that Fox did; they just don’t have the resources to do it,” he said. “It’s hard to see the other defamation defendants in the remaining cases getting any further than Fox did, which, as we saw, is not very far.”
u poor fucked in the head old man. Nothing but rant filled with lies again. 0-114. Easy to see. Reveal my source. ??????????? U are one ignorant fuck. Laughable. Keep slinging ur basement fake podcast and Beast news u buttfucked fool
Your nothing , keep slinging , keep reaching , stay in denial , delusional and wrong as ever. The proof is in the pudding
Factually incorrect , a loser , a Nazi scum shit
In view of the fact that, one, Dominion DID ultimately sue Pillow Putz, and two, he just got BUTT fucked by somebody else (not just somebody else, but a tRump twat, lol) you might wanna "reconsider" your stance on this matter, Sheriff Jagoff. And, like I've said before, if your Republi-KUNTS had, you know, actual PROOF that there WEREN'T 81 million votes, chances are, you would've presented it by now, maybe in one of those OTHER lawsuits where you got BUTT fucked 70 consecutive times, so STFU, and take your "patriot's" buggering like a GOOD 'lil brainless bitch:Man are you ever gullible and stupid.
Still sound asleep in deep hibernation...
Still believing and trusting your television? Really? Even after the PLANNED-DEMIC?
81 million votes! ?
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Trump Voter Who Debunked His Election Lies
The MyPillow CEO is one of the most prolific purveyors of conspiracy theories about President Biden's win
Mike Lindell Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Trump Voter Who Debunked His Election Lies 
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Fox News isn’t alone in having to pay millions of dollars for lying about the 2020 election. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was ordered on Wednesday to pay $5 million to Robert Zeidman, a 63-year-old Trump voter who debunked Lindell’s claim that China interfered in the election based on data Lindell provided.
It’s a strange story. It started in August 2021 when Lindell claimed during a “cyber symposium” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, that he had data proving China interfered in the election. He announced he would pay $5 million to anyone who prove him wrong, dubbing the contest, naturally, the “Prove Mike Wrong Challenge.”
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Zeidman signed up for the challenge, which required only that contestants prove that the data Lindell provided didn’t have anything to do with the 2020 election. Zeidman, a computer forensics specialist, did just that, finding the data was total nonsense. Lindell refused to pay up, so Zeidman took him to arbitration. The arbitration panel ruled that Zeidman did indeed prove that the data in question “unequivocally did not reflect November 2020 election data,” ordering Lindell to pay within 30 days.
“The truth is finally out there,” Zeidman told The Washington Post in a statement, adding that he is “really happy” with the decision.
Lindell doesn’t seem very keen to abide by the decision. “It will end up in court,” Lindell said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “Just another attack to try and stop us from getting rid of the electronic voting machines.”
Lindell is no stranger to court. The conspiracy theorizing pillow magnate — who has repeatedly claimed he can prove the 2020 election was stolen without ever actually doing so — was sued for defamation by Dominion Voting Systems over false claims that the company helped rig the election in President Biden’s favor. Lindell made the claims through several outlets, including Fox News, which on Monday settled their own defamation suit brought by Dominion to the tune of $787.5 million.
