Fox News Settles Dominion Defamation Lawsuit With No Admission Of Their Lies

During a long delay before opening statements were to begin, Fox News settled Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation case against it for a reported $787.5 million, about half of what the company had sought.

Yes, it’s a tremendous amount of money for Dominion and the company more than deserves it given the brazen lies that Fox told about it. It’s a tremendous amount of money for Fox News, too. The New York Times reports that Fox “had about $4.1 billion ‘of cash and cash equivalents’ on hand at the end of last year.” And there’s still Smartmatic’s similar defamation case for $2.7 billion.

But it’s beyond disappointing that a public apology and retraction do not seem to be part of Dominion’s settlement. CEO John Poulos all but said so in his statement following the settlement agreement: “Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees, and the customers that we serve. Nothing can ever make up for that," he said, thus suggesting no crow eating by Fox is on the menu. Then he suggested that Fox has already been held to account, saying, “Throughout this process, we have sought accountability and believe the evidence brought to light through this case underscores the consequences of spreading lies.”

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