where fox news network has reached a last minute settlement, in a defamation case brought against it by a voting machine company. the case is linked to claims that the 2020 us presidential election was rigged against donald trump. fox news agreed to pay dominion $787.5 million. with the settlement, fox will avoid a high profile trial. dominion voting systems sued fox news for $1.6 billion, so they actually settled for lesss than half of what they were asking for. let s remind you of the background to all of this. this all came about because dominion claimed that their reputation was damaged after fox knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 us election. they were repeating claims by then president donald trump who had falsely claimed that dominion voting machines rigged the election to favour winnerjoe biden. dominion said fox hosts amplified the baseless allegations , but at the time, fox claimed it was newsworthy. this is how dominion responded to set
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can you talk to us a little bit about how fox news has covered this case and other media as well? , , ., , ., well? yes, sure. fox news at one point well? yes, sure. fox news at one point said well? yes, sure. fox news at one point said that well? yes, sure. fox news at one point said that it - well? yes, sure. fox news at one point said that it was - well? yes, sure. fox news at one point said that it was not| one point said that it was not going to allow its media correspondent howard kirch to cover it and he went on tv and sort of explained that situation. but in the weeks after that, they sort of they thought a little bit, they allowed him to do some coverage. it s been terrible coverage. it s been terrible coverage. coverage that ignores the atrocities and the depth of the atrocities and the depth of the lies and the deception. and quite frankly, the journalist ic coverage at end is terrible. he wouldn t say the dollar value of the settlement because he said he couldn t get
as you would expect, and a lot of commentary and analysis has happened. erik wemple, a media critic at the washington post, told us how fox news has been covering the story. fox news that one point that it was not going to allow its media correspondent, howard kurtz, to cover it. he went on tv and explain the situation. but in the weeks after that, they thought a little bit and allowed him to do some coverage. it has been terrible coverage, coverage that ignores the atrocity and the depth of the atrocity and the depth of the lies and the deception and quite frankly, the journalistic corruption at hand here. it was terrible coverage. today he would not say the dollar value of the settlement because he said he could not get it confirmed when in fact the lawyer for confirmed when in fact the lawyerfor dominion was confirmed when in fact the lawyer for dominion was on the record in front of a huge group of reporters saying this is
million fox has agreed to pay $787 million to settle the dominion lawsuit million to settle the dominion lawsuit and we had that coming from lawsuit and we had that coming from wall streetjournal lawsuit and we had that coming from wall street journal and avoids from wall street journal and avoids trial of allegations and amplified claims around voting technology behind the 2020 election. it is technology behind the 2020 election. it is a technology behind the 2020 election. it is a done technology behind the 2020 election. it is a done deal. technology behind the 2020 election. it is a done deal. it is a election. it is a done deal. it is a settlement. and for at least fox is a settlement. and for at least fox that appears to be over least fox that appears to be over and least fox that appears to be over and there may be other litigation over and there may be other litigation to come but from the wall street journal, this particular issue had been settled particular