Ken WhiteYes, we taped an episode this morning discussing whether Dominion might settle.
You’re welcome.
Kevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫@Popehat thanks Ken, what a mensch
Emily 🏳️⚧️@Popehat I admit surprise.
Especially given the settlement was less than a billion.
I don't know their financial situation or risk tolerance, but I felt they had Fox over far more of a barrel than that -- especially with brand new claims of Fox hiding information from discovery.
Jay Reding 🇺🇦@EmilyGB @Popehat Trials are inherently unpredictable. You can ask for eleventy billion dollars in a complaint but that does not mean that you are going to get anywhere near that much. A settlement that large combined with a ruling that the 2020 election claims were false is a huge win for Dominion. Dominion was never going to get enough to bankrupt Fox, and settling for hundreds of millions was probably a no-brainer for counsel.
John Brewer@jayreding @EmilyGB @Popehat If I read FOX’s annual report right, the settlement is 65% of their net earnings from last year. And that’s before SmartMatic gets their chance at bat.
@jayreding @EmilyGB @Popehat Oops, forgot to mention the shareholder suits for pissing away 65% of last year’s earnings! FOX is just beginning to enter a world of hurt.
Ross (he/him)@EmilyGB @Popehat If I were going to guess, I would guess they figure that (a) actual malice is a tough bar to meet; (b) even if they win, getting a judgment for $1.6bn is far from guaranteed; (c) what has already come out in discovery is hugely damaging to Fox, and also (d) will be used in the *other* lawsuits going on against Fox; so all in all (e) getting half of what they were asking for and walking away is a pretty good outcome.
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Beeks
Lizard@Popehat Is that kind of like how Nixon had a speech prepared in case the Apollo mission failed?
Aaron Toponce ⚛️
@Popehat There goes Tucker's bow tie budget and Hannity's under-desk Vienna sausage budget.
kkeller@Popehat can you please now discuss whether Willis can make her charges stick in GA
Dirk Hohndel@Popehat
Please tape an episode how additional indictments of Trump are unlikely in April.
Could you also do one about the fact that DiSatan's strong religious believes make it unlikely that he has to resign over undisclosed scandals?
Maybe one about how Supreme Court judges are unimpeachable?
Asking for a concerned country...
Jorge
Marc Savy@Popehat interesting comment from the judge — “the best lawyering I’ve had, ever”
Freeze55@Popehat Your timing, as always, is impeccable.
Rhett Derrick@Popehat who knew that rigging an election was so profitable?
El Fotografo@Popehat can you dub over Dominion and use Smartmatic?
Women4Popehat@Popehat So will they?
The Steel Rat@Popehat what a prognosticator.
Clyde "Two Ducks" Lee@Popehat Can we request new topics? I HAVE IDEAS.
Polly Math Wannabe@Popehat Cool. Did you happen to discuss the implication for the Smartmatic lawsuit?
3acorns@Popehat
ha ha hahahahahahahhahaha
And the popehat strikes again :)
Zoomer Antimillenarian@Popehat Aren't you glad you've gotten to comment on both the biggest and the second biggest defamation awards in US history now?
@Popehat Dominion revenue in 2022 = $17.5 M A settlement multiple of “45” equals $787.5M… what a PUNK to Trump and Fox. This is phenomenal..
@Popehat This is what we pay you for, Ken.
Erik Sather, MD@Popehat will you use your powers for good or for awesome?