Rupert Murdoch's Fox News will pay $1.17 billion to settle a lawsuit and admitted to telling lies about the 2020 US election, Dominion's CEO said.
Fox Corp and Fox News settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $US787.5 million .
The settlement was announced by Fox, Dominion and the judge in the case at the 11th hour, with a 12-person jury selected on Tuesday morning and the case poised to kick off with opening statements on Tuesday afternoon. Dominion had sought $US1.6 billion in damages in the lawsuit filed in 2021, with Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis presiding over the case in Wilmington.
Dominion Voting Systems attorney Justin Nelson, standing left, and Fox News attorney Daniel Webb, standing at right, speaking to Judge Eric Davis before finishing jury selection in Delaware Superior Court in Wilmington.Davis had ordered a one-day trial postponement on Monday before another delay on Tuesday, apparently as the two sides hammered out a deal.
Dominion said Fox amplified the untrue claims to boost its ratings and prevent its viewers from migrating to other media competitors on the right including One America News Network, which Dominion is suing separately.During a deposition, Fox Corp Chairman Murdoch, who founded the network, testified that he believed the 2020 election was fair and had not been stolen from Trump.
In its defence, Fox said it was obligated to report on the most newsworthy of stories — a president claiming that he had been cheated out of reelection.
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