Fox News will likely try to recoup the $787 million settlement by negotiating higher carriage fees with cable providers.

Those providers will then pass the extra costs to you by increasing your monthly bill, even if you never watch Fox News

Fox News lies

You pay

@juddlegum are you sure? Seems to me like they'd already be squeezing every dollar out of carriers that they're able. Is there a good reason to suppose that they've been leaving money on the table up to now, and only just became motivated to claim it?