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On Jan. 6, 2021, when rioters forced their way into the U.S. Capitol to halt the certification of a fair and free election, they donned campaign T-shirts, chanted slogans, swore oaths, waved flags, raised signs and told lie after lie. Of course, some rioters did not realize they were lying — they were only imitating...

The country needs strong legal protections to ensure journalists can do their jobs.

The Los Angeles Times columnist says he was eager to see important and sensitive issues aired publicly, not hushed up and removed from public view with an exchange of millions of dollars behind closed doors.

I’m sorry that a settlement was reached in the giant landmark defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox News.

I wanted the defamation case to go to trial so that we could publicly hash out the issues separating real reporting from irresponsible conspiracy mongering and credulous partisanship.

>> Ben Smith, The New York Times Published: 18 Jan 2021 01:04 PM BdST Updated: 18 Jan 2021 01:04 PM BdST The Fox News newsroom in New York, April 17, 2019. The New York Times On Oct 12, 2020, Fox News agreed to pay millions of dollars to the family of a murdered Democratic National Committee staff member, implicitly acknowledging what saner minds knew long ago: that the network had repeatedly hyped a false claim that the young staff member, Seth Rich, was involved in leaking DNC emails during...

By Zachary PetrizzoJan 17th, 2021, 10:30 pm Drew Angerer/Getty Images Fox News had a very unique mandate attached to their settlement with the parents of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich, Joel Rich and  The revelations came Sunday night in a column from The New York Times media columnist Ben Smith. The lawsuit from the Rich family came after Fox News fueled the conspiracy theory that Seth Rich, a DNC staffer police believe was killed in a botched robbery, was actually assassinated because ...

Fox News Insisted Seth Rich Settlement Stay Secret Until After Presidential Election “Fox paid so much that the network didn’t have to apologize” for pushing conspiracy theories about Rich’s death, says New York TimesMadeline Roth | January 18, 2021 @ 9:53 AM Last Updated: January 18, 2021 @ 10:11 AM Getty Images Fox News’ settlement with the parents of murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich came with one very unique provision: The deal had to stay secret until after the preside...