Late-night hosts discussed the major settlement in the Fox News-Dominion case – and who might be next to pay out
Stephen Colbertspoke about the $787.5m settlement between Fox News to Dominion in the much-publicised defamation lawsuit. “Fox got taken to the cleaners,” he said. It’s “a huge hit to Fox’s bottom line”.
Dominion also has lawsuits pending against the far-right news companies OANN and Newsmax, as well as Trump allies Sidney Powell and the MyPillow chief executive, Mike Lindell, each for over $1bn. This week has also seen Trump announce more of his NFTs, “a scam we all stopped falling for six months ago”. Each was selling for $99 and they have allegedly already sold out.
Instead, Katy Perry and Lionel Richie have been announced. “Ah yes, those famous icons of British music. You know their songs Ello and I Snogged a Lass and It Was Alright, Innit.”Live, the host also spoke about the lack of Fox News coverage of the Dominion settlement. “What an oversight that is,” he said.
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