Fox News agreed to pay $787 million to Dominion Voting Systems to settle a defamation lawsuit over false election claims aired by the network. The settlement averted a trial that would have further embarrassed Fox hosts who cast doubt on the false claims in private but promoted them on the air. Editorial cartoonists featured Fox Chairman Rupert Murdoch prominently. Bill Bramhall draws Murdoch writing a fat check from “petty cash,” implying that it won’t be much of a deterrent. Phil Hands contrasted the Republican Party’s concern for protecting life from conception to its lack of action on behalf of children killed in mass shootings.

Source: Fox News April 23, 2023 19:01 UTC