/9 #Defamation is now on the table for those that purport to be #NewsMedia companies and feel themselves constrained by a modicum journalistic integrity

Many lamented that #FoxDominion didn’t go to trial, however the scale of the $787m settlement has painted a big fat target on #News companies that have deep pockets

Here’s an example of the next wave of suits directed at #Fox.

#FoxNews #Disinformation

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/business/media/defamation-suit-fox-nina-jankowicz.html

@kbsez

I think the landscape has changed as a result of #FoxDominion. The scale of the settlement has put #NewsMedia companies on notice that they can no longer hide behind #FreedomOfSpeech defenses when found to have engaged in malicious #defamation

#FoxNews is staring down the barrel of another defamation suit from #Smartmatic. Difficult to expect that the same pattern of lies will not yield a similar settlement. With that, all of #Fox’s profits evaporate for the year

@kbsez

I can’t say I’m familiar with the #AbbyGrossberg. Certainly allegations of sexual harassment aren’t surprising given #FoxNews checkered history. In light of the revelations from #FoxDominion I imagine there is likely an electronic trail which will bolster Ms Grossberg’s suit

I disagree on the notion that the #Dominion suit is “Not a loss for Fox”, a few more loses like that….

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/business/media/tucker-carlson-abby-grossberg-lawsuit.html

/8 Why exactly was #TuckerCarlson fired by #FoxNews?

Chances are we’ll never really know as #RupertMurdoch and his corporate lackeys know how to keep their collective mouths shut

Likely, the firing was triggered by financial pain associated with #FoxDominion settlement, a pending sexual harassment suit or the reported general disdain #Tucker expressed to #Fox executives

https://www.npr.org/2023/04/24/1171641969/fox-news-fires-tucker-carlson-in-stunning-move-a-week-after-787-million-settleme

/7 Many are disappointed #FoxNews will not be subjected to a public trial exposing their willful embrace of the #BigElectionLie. The #HardRight ecosphere are busily selling the shrewdness of the #FoxDominion settlement. Truth is, #Dominion has now shown the way to victims of propaganda outlets masquerading as #NewsMedia. A few more settlements like this and there will be nothing left to be shrew with

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/business/media/fox-dominion-misinformation.html

/6 John Poulus of #Dominion explains why he settled the #FoxDominion suit rather than going to trial. He lists the 6 remaining defamation cases being pursued by his company - 4 suits against individuals in addition to #NewsMax and #OAN

Further success will have a distinct cooling on those who pursue the #BigLie

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/opinion/dominion-ceo-fox-lawsuit.html

@StevenBeschloss

I expect the settlement will have a cooling effect on #Murdoch and his tribe of blowhards. While #Fox can certainly this settlement, a big fat precedent has been set and all #news organizations are likely calculating their increased legal exposure. Those devoted to bloviated opinion and popularizing falsehoods rather than the hard business of actual reporting will likely have to reconsider their practices.

#NewsMedia #foxdominion #Dominion