Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News was settled for $787.5 million at the start of a trial Tuesday. Based on a series of sneak peeks at the damning evidence against Fox developed in pretrial discovery, the lucrative payout wasn’t surprising: The case Dominion was prepared to present was beyond devastating. The outcome underscored the tension between the public value of litigation and the private interests driving a lawsuit. That’s because many of the statements, by Fox hosts and guests whose claims were presented as well-founded, are ridiculous on their face. So it’s little wonder that Fox settled the case rather than let Murdoch and others take the stand.

Source: Fox News April 23, 2023 08:35 UTC