the dollar figure was $787. million. the dominion voting system will receive from fox news i it s a defamation lawsuit. fox news agrees to the largest defamation payout since alex jones. money is accountability we got that today from fox but we are not done yet. tonight, one of the dominio attorneys on the histori settlement with fox. and david blough, michel goldman, and harry lippman o what it will mean for rupert murdoch s monopoly and america politics moving forward. another nightmare, murder this time in upstate new york on th awful truth of a politics of crime and punishment and why it is tax day should make a happy ending to nonsens fearmongering about 87,000 new irs agents are they going to have strikeforce that goes in wit ak-15 s already loaded, read to shoot when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. this afternoon, the very first day in court, fox news reached a settlement with it dominio voting systems for more th
and on that note, i wish you all a very good and safe night from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow tonight on all in - the dollar figure was $787. 5 million the dominion votin systems will receive from fo news in it s a defamatio lawsuit. fox news agrees to the largest defamation payout since alex jones. money is accountability we got that today from fox but we are not done yet. tonight, one of the dominio attorneys on the histori settlement with fox. and david plouffe, michell goldberg, and harry lippman on what it will mean for rupert murdoch s monopoly and america politics moving forward. another nightmare, murder this time in upstate new york on th awful truth of a politics of crime and punishment and why it is tax day should make a happy ending to nonsens fearmongering about 87,000 new irs agents are they going to have strikeforce that goes in wit ak-15s already loaded, ready
settlement and announcement? i think it should hav tremendous repercussions in th media industry i mean, this was a histori settlement in terms of the amount it was made possible because when fox try to rewrite firs amendment law to justify wha they had done, the judge would not have any of it it rejected those arguments. that was probably the most dangerous part of the case chris. fox, when they found themselve caught, when the evidence of actual malice was so strong, they knew they were spreadin lies, they try to get firs amendment law written to mak that okay as long as it is newsworthy, what you are reporting on we managed to prevent that fro happening, the judge prevented that from happening. the actual malice of recklessness regard for th truth standard prevailed this case proves that when a company puts profits over th truth and causes grievous harm to a company or individual ultimately they will have to pay. quite a lot. stephen shackelford, one of
represented dominion in this case i think they did a great service for the country in wha they ve done up to today i understand often thes settlements have ndas around them and they are prescribed things that cannot be divulged i am a journalist, so i will ask you. there is reporting indicatin that there will be no on air apology from fox can you confirm that i m not as close to the details. i honestly am less intereste in apologies i m more interested in the truth. what i would hope is the fox hosts would say on air wha they admitted in their depositions, when they admit that they know the truth and that s what matters. to my mind, apologies don matter the truth matters. i do hope that they can become adults and actually tell the truth to their audience abou all this what are the implications here for the broader legal landscape? there are other lawsuits, mark magic put out their statemen today, you can t speak about ongoing litigation settlements have reverberation here, what