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CNN: Voting technology company Smartmatic files $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell over 'disinformation campaign'
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They weren't opinions and went into defamation. I think you could even find actual malice or reckless disregard here with many of their own personalities statements
Yeah they aren't going to settle. They pretty easily hit the "Actual Malice" threshold and this isn't about money entirely. This is about thier reputation being dragged through the mud making it harder for them to get new business.
They need to win the lawsuits to prove that they are safe to do business with.
They need to win the lawsuits to prove that they are safe to do business with.
Oh yeah I'm sure they'll get a lot of questions and they'll be penalized with a slap on the wrist for what they've done.
They should be fined 80% of their net worth, and jailed for many years IMO.
All of them did. Bartiromo, Dobbs and Pirro were the main ones pushing the shit on Fox. They're the ones that are really over the top when it comes to conspiracy theories. Dobbs is especially bad in that area.
I doubt it. Settlement when it comes to image damage doesn't do jack shit. They have to drag them publicly in courts. I actually believe that the lawsuits against these grifters is actually strong. So let's hope for maximum law hammers on these traitors.
I think that would come after this lawsuit assuming it's victorious because the lawsuit would then be from Trump Allies as they were acting on behalf of Trump
Newsmax is the worst at trying to pretend that they care about walking it back. They brought on Lindell to talk about his ban from Twitter, in which he was banned for continuing to push election fraud conspiracy theories, and then acted surprised at him when he started talking about election fraud conspiracy theories. That's all he does.
I think they already did? Or was it just the threat of bankrupting lawsuits that made Newsmaxx start reading disclaimers?
Yep. I don't know how any company could recover from this. Even if Fox spent the rest of their existence having to start and end every show with a message about them making this all up, it's too late. The damage is done and the crazies won't listen. Any time these voting machines are used again, there will be a massive amount of people who will cry fraud.
And that was literally just a few days ago. This shit is still happening and I'm pretty damn sure MyPillow guy is gonna get a few lawsuits his way soon, too.
I hope they agree to a settlement meeting and offer 50% off the current asking price for damages
I imagine Fox will try to settle because they don't want this to go to court but Smartmatic will tell them "no"
Either way, this sets a very good precedent that media companies can't lie for ratings and brainwash their viewers.
The facts will come out during this trial. That is the exciting part.
We have to wait on the evidence to see what an appropriate penalty should be.
But these people should all be worried.
That's great, except none of the information that comes out of the trial will reach their brainwashed audience. Fox will probably launch a disinfo campaign about their disinfo campaign. And even if Fox was closed down, it would only make the even more irresponsible OAN and Newsmax carry more weight with the GOP, pushing the base even further right and into conspiracy land.
We need systemic reforms of journalism in America. I'm not talking about free speech, but they should be required to have messages at the start of every show stating that they are not a news outlet. Just like cigarettes, they are a danger to public health and should be labeled as such.
We need systemic reforms of journalism in America. I'm not talking about free speech, but they should be required to have messages at the start of every show stating that they are not a news outlet. Just like cigarettes, they are a danger to public health and should be labeled as such.
I mean assuming it isn't about a big payday, and they actually mean what they say about democracy...they know Fox will do this again. Except the next time it could be enough to actually work. I feel like this is bigger than a payoff.
$250 million?? that is a laughably small number ... damages are going to be in the hundreds of millions if not billions.
I'm not so sure about that. Defamation claims seem to be difficult to win in the US. Even if they can prove "actual malice."
Not a legal scholar, though. So I hope to be wrong!
Because you want to make sure they will stay that way.
P.S. I know that was the joke, but still, sue them all into the ground. ;)
Did he ever actually claim Dominion or this companies systems were compromised or fraudulent? The others being sued outright posted stories and claimed these things so yea easy targets, but did Trump actually make those claims too?
Any settlement would involved an on air apology. And not of those buried ones, like they would have to block out prime time
No way fox gets out of having to publicly admit fault in any settlement. The only way Dominion survives as a company by their own description is if the perpetrators of the lies are severely punished and their lies highlighted as such. Without that nobody will want to work with the company again.
