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    Commentary: Fox News and the prison of profit

    by Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times Apr 21, 2023 5 minutes
    Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos leaves with members of his legal team, including Davida Brook, Justin Nelson and Stephen Shackelford from the Leonard Williams Justice Center where Dominion was suing Fox News for defamation in Delaware Superior Court after a settlement has been reached on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Wilmington, Delaware.

    I am not a Fox News fan, so I was curious what the conservative media company’s viewers made of this week’s massive $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over broadcasting lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

    On Monday, I reached out to some of the conservatives who had responded to a Twitter survey I sent out in 2019 asking how they thought I should cover the upcoming election. Given that they were interested enough at the time to tell me how they thought I should do my job for the L.A. Times back then, I was curious about how they interpreted Fox News’ decision to settle with Dominion.

    I was surprised at a couple of the responses I got back.

    “I am much less of a Fox News viewer now than when you sent the survey [in 2019] for the specific reason

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