Fox News Lost the Lawsuit but Won the War
The network will pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems as the price of retaining its audience.
Updated on April 19, 2023, at 9:57 a.m. ET
It isn’t often that winning $787.5 million is an underwhelming result. But then again, the defamation case of the century doesn’t come around often.
This afternoon, when opening statements were expected in a lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News, the parties announced a settlement with that astronomical figure. The other terms of the deal have not been made public. Dominion had sought $1.6 billion from Fox for lies the network broadcast about the company, which manufactures election equipment, after the 2020 election.
For Fox, the result is costly but bearable. Documents produced in discovery in the case show that Fox saw the
