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Fox News reaches $787 million settlement in Dominion defamation suit

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News avoided one of the highest-profile defamation trials in history Tuesday by reaching a $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, the company that accused the conservative channel of smearing its reputation in the weeks after the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems were set for a showdown in court. Here's how it suddenly ended in a settlement

The Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit against Fox News was one of the most hotly anticipated cases in America. In the end, most of the action happened outside the courtroom.

ABC News

In a $788 Million Defamation Settlement, Fox News Admits That It Spread False Claims About Election Fraud

"The truth matters," says Dominion Voting Systems, and "lies have consequences."

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Rupert Murdoch spends $787.5MILLION to settle Fox News trial - but worse could be to come

Fox News may have reached a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, however it was not the only voting-technology company hoping to go after Ruper Murdoch's business empire

Daily Mirror

Fox and Dominion reach settlement moments before jury trial set to begin

Both parties have ‘resolved their case’, jurors were told

Evening Standard

Fox News reaches settlement in Dominion defamation suit

WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News avoided one of the highest-profile defamation trials in history Tuesday by reaching a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, the company that accused the conservative channel of smearing its reputation in the weeks after the 2020 election.

Los Angeles Times

Fox and Dominion settle for $787.5m in defamation lawsuit over US election lies

Agreement reached after the jury was sworn in on Tuesday morning following lengthy delay to start of opening statements

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Watch: Dominion representatives give update after settlement reached with Fox

Representatives for Dominion Voting Systems delivered a statement after reaching a settlement with Fox News on Tuesday, 18 April, before opening statements began.

The Independent UK

Fox News saved by last-minute settlement

Right-wing network pays dearly to keep Murdoch and Tucker Carlson off the stand. But there's more trouble ahead

Salon

Fox News reaches 11th hour settlement with Dominion for over $787 million

Fox faces several other defamation lawsuits — notably Smartmatic's $2.7 billion case.

Axios

Dominion wins $787m from Fox News as election lies lawsuit settled: ‘Lies have consequences’

A jury was sworn in and opening arguments were imminent, but America’s most-watched cable news network settled with the voting machines company to avert a closely watched trial over false 2020 election claims

The Independent UK

Judge orders investigation into Fox News for concealing evidence after delaying start of $1.6bn Dominion defamation trial

Judge Eric Davis previously said he was ‘very concerned’ that the network had made ‘misrepresentations’ before $787.5m settlement

The Independent UK

Fox PR executive removed from Delaware courtroom for taking photo during Dominion defamation trial

Fox News’ senior vice president of media relations Caley Cronin apologised for taking the photo, a spokesperson said

The Independent UK

Watch live: Opening arguments begin in Dominion and Fox News trial after delay

Watch live from the Delaware Superior Court as opening arguments get underway in the Dominion Voting Systems and Fox News trial on Tuesday, 18 April, after judge Eric Davis delayed proceedings on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Fox News gave Trump’s 2020 election lies a platform. Is the right-wing network about to pay the price?

A closely-watched case in Delaware will give jurors a rare chance to decide if the network is responsible for statements about a voting machine company thrust into the centre of bogus 2020 election claims. Alex Woodward reports from Wilmington

The Guardian - US

Dominion’s $1.6bn trial against Fox News over election lies delayed

Trial represents one of the more muscular efforts to hold the powerful news outlet accountable for role in spreading falsehoods

The Independent UK

Lawsuit against Fox for false election claims heads to trial

Opening statements are expected in a voting machine company's defamation lawsuit against Fox News for airing groundless claims of fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election

The New Daily

‘Fox News is in big trouble’: Trump’s warning to Murdoch

Donald Trump has urged Rupert Murdoch to embrace his false allegations of voter fraud if the media mogul testifies in the Fox News trial.

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The Independent UK

This Supreme Court precedent could protect Fox News. The right has been trying to get rid of it for years

Vital protections for a free press have long been the target of right-wing figures, which have been trying to chip away at the same defence that Fox needs to beat its defamation case, Alex Woodward reports from Delaware

Salon

Fox settlement talks signal "weakness"

Fox may be trying to stop "negative headlines and limit the precedent this might set in the future," professor says

The Independent UK

Fox News plans to fight Dominion’s defamation case by pointing finger at Trump and other ‘defamers’

The judge presiding over the high-profile case delayed the start by one day, while attorneys for the right-wing media network suggest that the former president made similar claims that Dominion says were defamatory

The Independent UK

Fox News case judge announces trial delay, gives no reason

The Delaware judge overseeing a voting machine company’s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News has announced a delay in the start of the trial until Tuesday, giving no reason in announcing the recess

Axios

Judge says trial for Dominion case against Fox will proceed Tuesday

The judge did not mention anything about a potential settlement.

The Guardian - US

Dominion v Fox News: what’s at stake in the $1.6bn defamation lawsuit

High-profile trial over Fox’s airing of false claims of election fraud begins, and could see Rupert Murdoch testify

Salon

Fox settlement talks suggest cold feet

Fox "should have pursued this strategy long ago," says ex-prosecutor, before damning messages became public

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