@Teri_Kanefield People are so upset they settled, but I'm unclear on what they think would have happened otherwise. There might have been more juicy revelations, but there were already plenty. Fox is buying a pretty hefty price and has been humiliated. And if they thought Dominion was going to run Fox News out of business, that would be wishful thinking.
So (not rhetorically) why is there so much crying right now?
@cherold @Teri_Kanefield my take is that this was as good a case for defamation as has ever been seen at this level.
If this isnt enough to go to trial and *crush* them, it emboldens future violators as it won't ever be this bad for them.
I haven't seen whether FOX admitted guilt in the settlement. Likewise many many of these are simple pay offs to *avoid* admitting guilt. If after all we know FOX isn't *required* to admit guilt, just wtf matters anymore is the thought process.
@yaktuary @cherold @Teri_Kanefield
Perhaps it's relative. Paying 3/4 of billion is *less* punishment than 1.6 billion and a guilty verdict.
Again, if not this case, what exactly would be *enough* to get a conviction. Obviously unknowable, but it's a real feeling of the bad guys avoiding the full just punishment they deserve.
@pixelpusher220 But all a guilty verdict means is they pay more money. It's not like if they're found guilty they go to jail, or go out of business. It just costs them more. And they're paying all that money so whether they officially admit to guilt, everyone knows they are settling because they have no chance of winning because they're so clearly guilty.
@pixelpusher220 @cherold @Teri_Kanefield I don't think 750 million vs 1.6 billion is a meaningful difference for fox. Both figures fall under "painful but not fatal" category.
And a guilty verdict means nothing to anyone (doesn't change anyone's mind)
@pixelpusher220 @cherold @Teri_Kanefield What does it mean? To whom? Be specific.
It means nothing to their viewers. And it means nothing to you and me, since we already know what fox is.
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