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    Q&A: How strong is Dominion's defamation case against Fox News? Legal experts weigh in

    Dominion Voting Systems is out for blood in its defamation case against Fox News. The company is suing Rupert Murdoch's network for $1.6 billion in damages, saying the mogul and his top lieutenants knew that former President Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false but gave them continued coverage to placate its viewers and boost ratings. To prevail, Dominion's ...
    by Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times Mar 01, 2023 4 minutes
    Members of Rise and Resist participate in their weekly "Truth Tuesday" protest at News Corp headquarters on Feb. 21, 2023, in New York City. Text messages and emails between various Fox News hosts and network executives obtained during a defamation lawsuit brought by voting machine company Dominion against Fox News were released last week.

    Dominion Voting Systems is out for blood in its defamation case against Fox News.

    The company is suing Rupert Murdoch's network for $1.6 billion in damages, saying the mogul and his top lieutenants knew that former President Donald Trump's claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false but gave them continued coverage to placate its viewers and boost ratings.

    To prevail, Dominion's lawyers must prove the network acted with malice by knowingly spreading false information.

    Fox News maintains that its reporting and commentary was protected by the First Amendment because allegations presented by a sitting president are newsworthy even

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