No one was expecting an apology and in fact Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch applauded “the highest journalistic standards” displayed at Fox News, saying the near $800 million settlement with Dominion Votin…
Smartmatic
, another manufacturer of electronic voting systems that says if was defamed by Fox News, Murdoch called the two cases very different – implying Fox would have a better chance the second time around. He anticipated a trial wouldn’t start until 2025. “I am obviously limited about what I can say about any ongoing litigation, but I can make the following comment, in regard to Dominion,” he said. “We always acted as news organization reporting on the newsworthy events of the day, which certainly included allegations being made by the president of the United States and his laywers.”
The judge in the Dominion case did not allow Fox to use “newsworthiness” as a defense against defamation. Murdoch said that Smartmatic is a “fundamentally different” case than Dominion,
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