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What message does the record payment to settle the defamation lawsuit against the Fox News channel convey?

2023-04-28 18:18:48Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

What message does the record payment to settle the defamation lawsuit against

A lawsuit that has been in the spotlight of American public opinion concerned the way Fox News channel handled former President Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims of election manipulation in 2020.

As VOA correspondent Laurel Bowman reports, the media network agreed to pay a record $787.5 million to avoid the case going to trial.

$787.5 million is the amount Fox News agreed to pay voting systems company Dominion. The company said the television network spread false information about its voting machines and suggested that Dominion helped rig the 2020 election so that Joe Biden would win over Donald Trump.

"Fox has admitted to telling lies about Dominion that caused great harm to my company, our employees and the customers we serve ," said John Poulos, Dominion's CEO.

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the 2020 election was stolen from him, despite a lack of evidence to support the claim.

His lawyers said Dominion's voting machines fueled the claim, which Fox News allowed to be repeated frequently on its broadcasts.

"There's talk of long lines at the polls in the middle of the night after they should have stopped counting, and then the Dominion operators came in and put in votes and changed the whole system," Ms. Powell said .

In settling the suit, Fox avoided having its reporters testify after court documents revealed that although they had privately expressed doubts about Mr Trump's claims in their messages, they had not expressed this publicly. .

In a statement following the settlement, Fox News said it "recognizes that some of the court's rulings invalidate some of Dominion's claims," ​​and that "we hope our decision allows the country" to put these issues behind it. and look to the future.

With such a high compensation amount, will the American media become more responsible for reporting the facts?

Maybe, say some experts.

"It sends a message to other media outlets to be responsible with people when they broadcast something and fact-check what they broadcast or publish ," says Roy Gutter, of the Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse University.

Others are watching closely for signs of where American journalism is headed and what will happen to one of the top talk show hosts, Tucker Carlson, who left the company days after the lawsuit settlement was reached. The Fox network and Mr. Carlson have not said why he left, and Mr. Carlson has not given any indication of his future plans./ VOA


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