Dominion and Fox News reach $787.5 million settlement in defamation case

Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787.5 million settlement with Fox News in its defamation lawsuit against the network just minutes before opening arguments were scheduled to being in the high-stakes trial. NBC News’ Emilie Ikeda and Danny Cevallos breaks down how both sides came to the agreement and what’s next for the special master’s investigation into whether Fox complied with their discovery obligations.
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#Dominion #FoxNews #Defamation

[@retired4365]

Can the American voter sue politicians for lying and padding their pockets? 😂😂

[@hahano9586]

If it's libel, yes. That was the point. Not that it was a lie but that it was libel

[@TA_Plus_Hemi]

​@@hahano9586 Written only, why not slander?

[@popermen694]

You can only sue if they defame you personally. That’s how the law works. So if Nancy Pelosi says “Retired43 is super smart” you can sue her for defamation because it’s a lie. 🤗

[@apollo6094]

Yes I think that’s how it works

[@hahano9586]

@@TA_Plus_Hemi much like libel, slander needs to be proven that the offending party knew what they were saying were lies, but libel carries with it a great deal of monetary baggage with it, so you'll get more money if you can prove a direct financial loss instead

[@redrider8036]

When are the politicians going to start getting fined for their lies?

[@TheEndingAbyss]

If Santos hasn’t been charged for lies no one in congress ever will lol.

[@allenseeallendo5844]

It’s not illegal to lie. It’s not even illegal to dig up dirt and smear someone during a campaign.

[@maxstrongCW]

Trumps indictments are on the way!👍👍👍👍

[@def-po8tu]

​@AllenSeeAllenDo I mean democrats lied about Russia collusion but they didn't get in trouble

[@nevermind4156]

@@allenseeallendo5844 huh I recall a certain president getting impeached because of a lie. Guess it’s a pick and choose kind of thing.

[@Nick-Nasti]

“Highest ethical standards” 🤣😂😅

[@youtubechangemynamewhy]

Trump?😂😂😂😂

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

"...journalistic...." Same laughable thing, since they'll never be anywhere but the absolute, lying bottom of the heap.

[@mattfoley6082]

Dominion has loaded the bases and Smartmatic is batting cleanup.

[@fredericoterrell5160]

Yeah! With 787 Million 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Don't be mad 😡

[@roblane5699]

What you said!!! 👍🏿🎯

[@gregorymay9330]

and everyone who can demonstrate economic loss as a result of the Big Lie will now file suit. Imagine Capitol cops, and those found guilty for beating them. The case could absolutely be made....

[@reecom9884]

For Fox News "when it rains it pours". There are other lawsuits Fox is fighting against. The other plaintiffs are smelling the blood in the water. You know it's very bad when the plaintiff can publicly tell how much they got in their lawsuit instead of having to say they got an undisclosed amount.

[@jeremybackup5758]

Right, they either just handed Smartmatic an instant win, or they are about to settle on that case as well.

[@kennyking8016]

Defund Don The Con and Fake Fox News 🤥 immediately.

[@reecom9884]

@@jeremybackup5758 Fox will settle because they don't want their people having to testify under oath in the lawsuit.

[@mikefrommie]

An election so legitimate that it’s illegal to question it

[@theophrastus3.056]

Suing to try to silence people is election interference. The media still reports Hillary’s false claims that the 2016 election was “stolen” from her. In 2020 the falsely claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was “Russian disinformation”.

[@jerrypolverino6025]

Not a word of this on Fox Propaganda News. Not one word.

[@revrebecca222]

Neither did all the fake news for lying about Russia collusion and covering up Biden laptop crimes.

[@davidjones6389]

False profitable news is now the norm.

[@mangoesfly1594]

Hasn't it been that way for decades?

[@aew1513]

Only on Fox and the right wing stations who will be paying defamation settlements does it cross from biased coverage to defamation and absolute lies.

[@nevermind4156]

Yes which is why fox folded. You are soooo close to actually realizing what’s going on here. 😂😂😂😂

[@9-2-5er]

@@nevermind4156 yes we realize the left has judges on they bought and paid for 🤡🤷🏽🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾

[@autodidact7127]

​@@nevermind4156I doubt you have though any truly unique thought in years. That's how bad it is. You need to turn off the ads and the cable news, then the algorithms. Then you can think without suggestion being your only power of observation.

[@shell4447]

Let’s see how Maga cult spins this.

[@stephengrigg5988]

Pay a billion for lying and say how it reflects your high standards. What's even the point?

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

They get to keep lying and hiding the truths claiming they have the 'highest journalistic standards." Laughable if it weren't so sickening.

[@seju8984]

the news is making news about the news?

[@bobbypesos]

Slow day eh

[@jeremybackup5758]

Well, they are all business competitors, and Fox just got busted testifying under oath and in their personal communications obtained in the legal discovery, admitting they lie to their viewers for ratings. So it's only natural that all of their competitors would be eager to report on it. My only shock, is that it's taken this long, 2023, before Fox was finally held accountable for blatantly lying to their viewers.

[@mangoesfly1594]

Fake news

[@butchc9226]

That’s the news, talking about other news channels 😂

[@aew1513]

First, it isn't about news, it is about a trial that was settled. Second the settlement wasn't from a news company, it was from a self-described entertainment company. Therefore, it is news about a trial involving an entertainment company. And the largest settlement in history for defamation for peddling treasonous lies against the country and our voting machines isn't something you think is news? Check your own bias.

[@Hussman493]

I just came here for the comment section. Was not disappointed! Comedic gold.

[@MomolosZtips]

The comments are sometimes better than the video.

[@TypOPositiv]

Wow. That is quite the "apology".

[@melidareichert6720]

This millions don’t cost for them anything. They will continue saying lie without any punishments

[@ConservativeGirl1]

If it was about exposing the truth then why did they settle?

[@jeraldkozey6095]

Because it was not. I'm sure they will be held accountable by other party from those also suing them right now. LIke people said there Smartmatic might be the one, their case is too big to just pay them off. I think liars from Fox will finally get what they deserve.

[@frankroque7597]

You have tarnished your own reputations👽🤚🏻🤣

[@roblane5699]

Those lies are ridiculously EXPENSIVE! 😳

[@evgeniybastrykov]

I’m sure Fox was advantageous for disinformation, or people were interested in lying to Fox, especially since it becomes clear during misinformation about the 2020 election

[@BB-nw3mj]

I bet Rudy and Sidney Powell are pooping their pants.

[@mattgeisel3727]

The settlement is barely 5% of fox news' annual revenue ( 18ish billion). Smh

[@BB-nw3mj]

Go Smartmatic!!

[@fredericoterrell5160]

🤣🤣😆😆😆 Come on Conservative Fox put your people under Oath???

[@autodidact7127]

Oh snap a thing that can possibly be construed as bad about conservatives. Better populate the news cycle with it for months.

[@orvalprosacco1951]

I take it they don't even plan to apologize?

[@melidareichert6720]

You are absolutely right. They really don’t care about their crimes

[@MegaRussell12]

Peaches peaches peaches peaches peaches, I love you!

[@crayolascents]

[ crying when I hear the beautiful song ]

[@TheBriz5]

wow $787.5 mil for lies

[@norskibull2.021]

Bill Hicks got sued for more

[@HopkinsIsNotAVictim]

How much can I sue CRT teachers who call me a "colonizer"?

[@billkallas1762]

@@HopkinsIsNotAVictim Are you Native American?...Were your ancestors brought here in chains, to be a slave?

[@HunterShows]

Way to let Fox off from accountability.

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

And free to outrageously keep lying as they serve as PR for the MAGAs and GOP.

[@davidjones6389]

Dominion, valued at 80 Million, just won almost 800 Million. Money is god. Our Republic is up for sale.

[@DF-we4pt]

No one forced them to settle. The damages aren’t capped at the value of the company. It’s irrelevant.

[@HunterShows]

Wow. No joke why they took that payoff. It was probably more than they were going to get anyway. You can't suffer damages of 10 times what your company was worth to begin with.

[@jeremybackup5758]

That's always been the case. Haven't you seen recent reporting about Clarence Thomas, selling rulings for the past few years. Dominion shouldn't have settled. They should have forced Fox to apologize to their viewers for blatantly lying to them for ratings. Dominion had all the evidence and law on their side, and they settled......Had they held out a few weeks, they'd have gotten the entire $1.6 Billion. There is also the Smartmatic case for the same thing against Fox for $900 million. I wonder how much Fox will settle in that case.

[@TG-dr6sj]

Punitive damages, kid. Glad to see that such blatant lying about our country on a national news platform is punishable.

[@TheEndingAbyss]

They would have won more too but fox was REALLY trying to settle. They kept offering more and more.

[@michaelmaher4154]

Just another instance of the legal system screwing over my dreams of seeing Tucker under oath.

[@davidjones6389]

Tucker will be on soon declaring victory and witch hunts. Stay Tuned.

[@spankyssurprise1361]

Guess you'll have to find something else to achieve full wood.

[@jpgohard]

​@@spankyssurprise1361 like the wood you have for Tucky-tucker soy boy?

[@NotesNNotes]

@@jpgohard Jesus Christ I don’t even like Tucker but if I had one pebble and a slingshot in a room with the two of you I’d struggle to choose

[@angel-pd4nt]

​@@NotesNNotes that was kinda hot the way you just roasted em

[@stoonookw]

Haaaaaaaah awesome

[@billkallas1762]

This takes care of the "small" Fox lawsuit. Next comes the Smartmatic $2.6 Billion dollar lawsuit.

[@diecarly]

Half a billion dollars of this settlement will undoubtedly land into the coffers of all the wrong people. the most undeserving at that.

[@deangelo8498]

3 quarters of a billion dollars

[@diecarly]

@@deangelo8498 okay I was being generous… you’re right. all 787.5 million will be apprehended by thieves

[@samename3926]

Lame , why settle if you know ur going to win

[@jasontrauer]

Wow sounds super settled.

[@selveneleven]

“Journalistic”

[@redkrawler]

The criminals want to give Domination credibility. Ok 👍 sure

[@maxstrongCW]

Now if fox viewers could be sued for being so gullible!😮

[@BillyTheKidder]

Careful which direction you’re pointing that gun..

[@maxstrongCW]

@@BillyTheKidder the slave must also take some responsibility not just the slave owner.

[@BillyTheKidder]

@@maxstrongCW Weird metaphor there buddy. And you aren’t questioning a for-profit news corporation’s story.. So I’d be careful who you call gullible and what you are asking be done to gullible people.

[@maxstrongCW]

@@BillyTheKidder it's a quote from as a man thinkth by James Allen, not everyone gets it. The pain for the gullible comes with being pushed to the fringe and marginalized for not being able to think critically. Good day

[@BillyTheKidder]

@@maxstrongCW I’m not leaving until I’m good and ready.. You just moved the goalposts. Before it was ‘if only fox viewers could be sued..’, now it’s ‘the gullible are pushed to the fringes and marginalized.’ You sound like you waffled a bit there. And I’ll point out again, you parodied a MSM story and didn’t question it, so I would suspect you maybe aren’t seeing the entire picture yourself.

[@Patriotgirl1130]

This is such BS Dominion is a JOKE

[@ash6899]

apparently not, given that FOX news chose to settle instead of lose in court. FOX chose this

[@johnohara7590]

NO the joke is the fox wannabe news broadcasters who constantly spread false BS conspiracies on a daily basis where found guilty and it should of gone to trial to force those liars to place their right hand on a bible.

[@mangoesfly1594]

Fox is a joke

[@jeremybackup5758]

Right, they shouldn't have settled. They had all the evidence and the law on their side. They had under oath testimony from most of the folks at Fox, as well as their personal communications as part of the legal discovery. They had everyone at Fox admit under oath that they blatantly lied to their viewers for ratings. Had they held out a few more weeks, they'd have gotten the entire $1.6 Billion and could have forced Fox to air an apology to their viewers for lying to them. Or at the very least, they could have gotten Fox to settle for a Billion. Fox would pay any amount to not have to apologize or admit to their viewers that they constantly lie to them and mislead them.

[@TG-dr6sj]

Cope, Lauren CRIER.

[@robl9141]

Just because someone erased all the traces, it does not mean the event did not take place.

[@ThiccBoi23]

just b/c someone makes a useless comment on YT doesn't mean it's not a useless comment... back up your claims with evidence or don't

[@pipedown7969]

This is proof of how far gone the average American is…. Fox pays almost a billion dollars accepting and admitting wrong doing… and you STILL have these delusional followers like this that just won’t change their mind. Literally does not matter at this point what is put in front of their own eyes they will ignore it because they saw a KZbin vid about it and are just that ingrained with their party aka sports team or tribe… it’s sad

[@SwiftJustice]

Fox News: We lie to our audience. Fox viewers: No you don't!! LALALALALALA!!!1!

[@72stones43]

I cashed Bidens $1,400 Covid relief check, what did you do? Now there’s a bumper sticker.

[@patriot4usa]

I will do my best to avoid using any Dominion machine in the future. They are prone to fraud.

[@LannieLord]

81 million votes . Really ???? Really ?

[@dasponcho8719]

Yep really. Dead people And Mickey mouse voting. Really???? Really ?

[@James-on1vy]

Nope. They cheated

[@davids.2703]

I voted for Biden 500,00 times

[@TG-dr6sj]

Keep huffing that copium, I'm sure it'll change something in your deadend life.

[@higgs923]

Congratulations!Your masters have given you permission to resume drinking Bud Light. Have one - even though you've cried into it for hours.

[@melissadavis7234]

Look Out NBC this Opens the door to Many lawsuits for YOU 🤣

[@higgs923]

Your masters have given you permission to resume drinking Bud Light. Have a couple - they might help with your hallucinations.

[@melissadavis7234]

@@higgs923 No Butt Wiper for me. It’s Always been 🤮 And this has What to do with my post or the video? Delusional DemonRats 🙄 👺 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑

[@hahano9586]

Name one

[@melissadavis7234]

@@hahano9586 Name One What? A Lawsuit that hasn’t been filed YET? 🙄

[@melissadavis7234]

@@hahano9586 Name One What? A lawsuit that hasn’t been filed YET? 🙄

[@mandygraham3027]

Hahaha....they gotta pay up

[@billkallas1762]

This takes care of the "small" Fox lawsuit. Next comes the Smartmatic $2.6 Billion dollar lawsuit.

[@dendennis9060]

So Trump was FIRE 🔥

[@AngeliaMcfarlane-rf4yq]

Time to sue trump and the others involved fir same 1.6 billion dollars also

[@BillyTheKidder]

Ahh.. So the trial won’t really happen.. So the other claims that aren’t false won’t be discussed.. How convenient.

[@j.b.delaney3444]

If Fox had a case to make, they would have done so. Far cheaper than paying out 3/4 of a billion dollars.

[@LawrenceHulett]

Copium overdose Billy

[@pipedown7969]

You kidding billy? Like for real? Fox just coughed up almost a billion dollars and you still think they had a leg to stand on? Hahahaha. Like the others said if they had even a shred of truth why would they settle and pay that much?

[@milkweedeus]

Exactly what is was thinking. Bash fox all you want but dominion wasn’t completely honest either.

[@BillyTheKidder]

@breadstickzzzzzzz No, it’s convenient for Dominion. Fox was being sued. Dominion didn’t have to take a settlement, they could have forced Fox to go to trial. Do you even understand court proceedings?

[@kosmicparasite0749]

I’ve seen plenty of trump stickers, maybe one or two Biden stickers…

[@thatman4752]

Biden stickers? Never seen one here in Minnesota. Ever.

[@davids.2703]

unfortunately for you, people don't need stickers to vote.

[@higgs923]

You're just another redhat liar. I live in a blue state and no one has Biden stickers yet.

[@shelahogletree7711]

Dominion sued for a billion and lost on nearly every point. They didn’t even get enough to pay their lawyers. Tell the truth mainstream bought media

[@aew1513]

So what is your point? How does that change Fox from deciding paying $787 Million is better than revealing the truth. Trump is an identity to his supporters. A Trump sticker to a right winger extremist is like a Grateful Dead sticker. It is an identity. Biden is just a President to majority of Americans that support him.

[@zeke5491]

Conservative voices will be squelched. You can see the difference already. They are afraid to criticize the government like they did before. One party rule is firmly in place

[@jameslaime7497]

Oh no that all of the news has no credibility anymore thank God for the internet

[@darlene2709]

What is the source of information that you find on the internet?

[@milt0n290]

Internet has propaganda too though 😂

[@SOUNDTHEALARM-jk5ub]

@@darlene2709 Anything other than mainstream media BS.

[@dasponcho8719]

​@@SOUNDTHEALARM-jk5ub You're so cool. You're totally not just another trump sheep saying fake news because they're too dumb to comprehend the truth from a lie.

[@darlene2709]

@@SOUNDTHEALARM-jk5ub Last time I checked, the internet is full of BS.

[@brittneyk0158]

OUT FOXed! 🤷‍♀️

[@robr655]

That's it. FOX is woke, confirmed. Praying for Tucker that he doesn't get canceled from the pressure...

[@yuhboris304]

Should’ve been more

[@billkallas1762]

This takes care of the "small" Fox lawsuit. Next comes the Smartmatic $2.6 Billion dollar lawsuit.

[@norbertamberg8730]

First CNN and now Fox. When will MSM learn.

[@zerosoma33]

So exposing the truth now has a dollar amount penalty. Interesting.

[@DeanLion-pi7bj]

And I do not have one $ dollar untill next paycheck next Friday 😡

[@henrybarney3202]

All that money, what a joke. Meanwhile I work my tail off in the real world and can barely pay my bills. Oh and let’s send some more to Ukraine!

[@SOUNDTHEALARM-jk5ub]

Yep! The check is in the mail!😂

[@jeremybackup5758]

We haven't actually sent any money to the Ukraine, we've sent military equipment that was slated for destruction. It didn't cost tax payers anything we hadn't already paid in the past for the initial investment in the unused equipment. But, as with everything in the government, we have to associate a dollar value on everything reported, so they had to tie the initial investment amount. At least it's going to defend one of Americas allies, instead of getting burned and destroyed.

[@dasponcho8719]

Let's send some more money to trump.😂

[@ShrimpsonH]

@@jeremybackup5758 I think it was really nice of our President to tuck tail and decide that the exit of Afghanistan should be insanely rushed, leaving our buddies the taliban TONS of u.s equipment!

[@SOUNDTHEALARM-jk5ub]

@@dasponcho8719 He surely doesn't need it for mortgage payments, because obviously he's living in your head rent free!🤣🤣🤣

[@SOUNDTHEALARM-jk5ub]

📢FAUX NEWS.😂

[@williamrome2257]

Not seeing reality . In this partisan process.

[@laurastevenson7392]

There were no lies! Americans have our our thoughts about this. I think the truth will come out eventually. We know and have seen it

[@pipedown7969]

Then why did they settle and pay almost a billion dollars. If there were really no lies couldn’t they have just proven it in court and not paid almost a BILLION dollars?

[@revrebecca222]

@@pipedown7969 to avoid the drama. This could have been shown in all the court cases that were not heard either.

[@billkallas1762]

This takes care of the "small" Fox lawsuit. Next comes the Smartmatic $2.6 Billion dollar lawsuit.

[@josephmayfield945]

“Im in a cult.”

[@pattimiller9157]

Dominion 👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@ShrimpsonH]

You def voted for mister “poor kids are just as smart as white kids”

[@BigBankzSon]

Foh 🤡

[@Abacab965]

Dominion crooks and traitors to Americans voting system, it's simply a win for the globalist traitors to continue they're downfall of America

[@TG-dr6sj]

@@BigBankzSon Cope

[@BillyTheKidder]

You are such a mark.. You’re literally cheering on the instruments of your enslavement.

[@jayblack9871]

Imagine thinking Dominion wasn't corrupt. As if this suit "proves" anything.

[@j.b.delaney3444]

Imagine continuing to believe the BS when, after two and a half years you have zero proof. Unless, of course, you and Sidney Powell are still putting your faith in the time traveler who talks to the wind.

[@kevinsumner9690]

Keep huffing that copium. Losing in every level being a conspiracy thinker.

[@akira357]

@@kevinsumner9690 How do you look at the current economic standing and civil unrest in 2023 and think that you're on the "winning" side? LOL do you enjoy buying eggs at 4x the price it was?

[@kevinsumner9690]

@@akira357 Stores full and cheap everyplace I go. Sounds like you should move to a blue state. But obviously your in Russia so that doesn’t really work now does it Putin?

[@A_corofcb]

Imagine sticking with a side that just admitted they lied to you. I'm a gen z conservative, I can't wait for the boomer generation to go extinct. Once yall are gone we will see positive changes. It's just a matter of time

[@9-2-5er]

Some bs. Liberal judge.🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾 first amendment guess doesn’t fall into play???

[@ray_of_sunshine917]

Umm why are you blaming the judge? They didn't make Fox settle.

[@susion5689]

Feinstein got richer

[@Bigbubba3031]

If dominion has nothing to hide, why settle?

[@nevermind4156]

You mean fox right? Fox was on trial. 😂😂😂 they settled.

[@veronicakartchner5209]

🤣🤣🤣

[@0002nicejay]

How many brain cells do you have left?

[@pipedown7969]

You should maybe take some listening comprehension classes because it was very obvious from this video FOX is the one who settled and payed up… so therefor the question is what did fox have to hide?

[@lindahouston5635]

I think you have that backwards! 😂

[@clevelandborn2224]

Ok let's see how the Libs can make this Trumps fault.

[@TheEndingAbyss]

Fox made it Trump’s fault. They were trying to blame him during the lawsuit.

[@davidvincent980]

So are we getting rid of the machines that cannot count?...

[@fchiang7190]

Dominion should be shut down.

[@ray_of_sunshine917]

Hard to shut down a company that in the black to the tune of 787 million dollars. Christmas in April for Dominion!!!

[@IndiansAuto]

Lol

[@wesshannah-hs3cm]

Huge lie

[@GoAwayNow-iz3du]

Everyone at Dominion should be rounded up & imprisoned for treason.

[@billkallas1762]

Because they took Fox's offer and ran with the money?

[@josephmayfield945]

Check out this fascist.